Volume 38, Issue 1-2 pp. 225-227
Communication

Oxidations of C−H and O−H Bonds by Isolated Copper(III) Complexes

Mark A. Lockwood

Mark A. Lockwood

Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Box 351700; Seattle, WA 98195 (USA), Fax: (+1) 206-685-8665

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Teresa J. Blubaugh

Teresa J. Blubaugh

Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Box 351700; Seattle, WA 98195 (USA), Fax: (+1) 206-685-8665

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Andrea M. Collier

Andrea M. Collier

Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Box 351700; Seattle, WA 98195 (USA), Fax: (+1) 206-685-8665

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Scott Lovell

Scott Lovell

Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Box 351700; Seattle, WA 98195 (USA), Fax: (+1) 206-685-8665

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James M. Mayer

James M. Mayer

Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Box 351700; Seattle, WA 98195 (USA), Fax: (+1) 206-685-8665

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Abstract

In oxidations by copper enzymes, copper(III) species are increasingly being proposed as intermediates. A good model for such reactions is the oxidation of dihydroanthracene to anthracene by an isolated copper(III) imine/oxime complex [Eq. (1)].

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