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SUBMITTER: Hewgley JB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2897702 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hewgley J Brian JB Stahl Shannon S SS Kozlowski Marisa C MC
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20080819 37
Copper(I) and copper(II) 1,5-diaza-cis-decalin complexes [(N2)Cu] are effective precatalysts for aerobic oxidative coupling of naphthol substrates. Mechanistic studies, however, reveal that these complexes are not the reactive form of the catalyst under steady-state conditions. Rather, the active catalyst forms in a presteady-state self-processing step that involves oxygenation of the naphthol substrate. The oxygenated substrate, NapHOX, serves as a cofactor that combines with the (N2)Cu complex ...[more]