Mixed-valance copper clusters have been proposed as the intermediates during the catalytic reactions of natural copper-containing enzymes such as multicopper oxidase and nitrous oxide reductase. In our effort to make synthetic models of these mixed-valence copper clusters, we used a group of pyridylamide ligands as the platforms to support the copper centers with different oxidation states. Interesting multinuclear Cu(II) complexes, including a one-dimensional Cu(II) polymer, a hexanuclear Cu(II) metallomacrocycle complex and a trinuclear Cu(II) cluster, have been synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography, IR, UV-vis and EPR. The catalytic activities of these complexes towards 2-aminolphenol were investigated.

Synthesis and catalytic studies of multinuclear Cu(II) clusters supported by pyridylamide ligands

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