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Chemical Communications

A bio-inspired imidazole-functionalised copper cage complex†

Sarah C. Bete,a   Christian Würtelea  and  Matthias Otte ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Tammannstraße 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
E-mail: matthias.otte@chemie.uni-goettingen.de

Abstract

An imidazole-functionalised cage is synthesised that can coordinate to Cu(I). X-ray analysis reveals a T-shaped coordination of copper by the imidazole ligands reminiscent of the coordination geometry found in enzymatic active sites. This cage complex can catalyse the oxidation of benzylic alcohols to benzaldehydes utilizing oxygen as the terminal oxidant.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC00437H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Jan 2019
Accepted
22 Mar 2019
First published
27 Mar 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 4427-4430

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A bio-inspired imidazole-functionalised copper cage complex

S. C. Bete, C. Würtele and M. Otte, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 4427 DOI: 10.1039/C9CC00437H

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