Copper dioxygen complexes stable at ambient temperature: optimization of ligand design and solvent

Abstract

Entropic destabilization of low-molecular mass µ-peroxodicopper(II) complexes are overcome using a new binucleating open-chain ligand by the combination of an optimized linking unit with a less competing solvent; complete formation and satisfactory stability at room temperature are thus obtained.

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