New 1,4,7-triazacyclononane-based functional analogues of the Fe/Cu active site of cytochrome c oxidase: structure, spectroscopy and electrocatalytic reduction of oxygen

Abstract

Two new covalently linked functional model compounds for the Fe_a3/Cu_B active sites of heme-copper oxidases have been prepared and characterized by novel synthetic methodologies; the X-ray structure of the Zn form and the electrocatalytic reduction of O₂ by the Fe/Cu forms are reported.

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