Sunghee Kim, Maxime A. Siegler and Kenneth D. Karlin
Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2844-2846
DOI:
10.1039/C3CC47942K,
Communication
New peroxynitrite–copper chemistry ensues via addition of nitric oxide (˙NO(g)) to a CuII–hydroperoxo species. In characterizing the system, the ligand–Cu(I) complex was shown to effect a seldom observed ˙NO(g) reductive coupling reaction. Biological implications are discussed.