2023
Electrocatalytic, Homogeneous Ammonia Oxidation in Water to Nitrate and Nitrite with a Copper Complex
Liu H, Lant H, Troiano J, Hu G, Mercado B, Crabtree R, Brudvig G. Electrocatalytic, Homogeneous Ammonia Oxidation in Water to Nitrate and Nitrite with a Copper Complex. ECS Meeting Abstracts 2023, MA2023-01: 2691-2691. DOI: 10.1149/ma2023-01552691mtgabs.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWater oxidationAmmonia oxidationO bond formationInitial mechanistic studiesMolecular catalystsCopper complexesMetal electrocatalystsFaradaic efficiencyAqueous mediaBond formationHigh selectivityOxidation processN2 productTitle reactionOxidationMechanistic studiesCatalysisComplexesRoom temperatureFriendly productionWaterElectrocatalystsElectrocatalyticNitrateCatalystLigand Tuning in Cu(pyalk)2 Water Oxidation Electrocatalysis
Cody C, Caes Z, Capobianco M, Mercado B, Crabtree R, Brudvig G. Ligand Tuning in Cu(pyalk)2 Water Oxidation Electrocatalysis. Inorganics 2023, 11: 229. DOI: 10.3390/inorganics11060229.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWater oxidationWater oxidation electrocatalysisAnalogous copper complexesWater oxidation electrocatalystsArtificial photosynthetic systemsElectron-donating groupsSolar energy conversionPyalk ligandCatalyst tuningLigand tuningOxidation electrocatalystsCopper complexesFaradaic efficiencyLigand modificationCatalytic propertiesLigand formsAttractive scaffoldFirst-principles predictionPara positionGood activityMolecular systemsPhotosynthetic systemsEnergy conversionComplexesOxidation
1984
Electron spin relaxation of CuA and cytochrome a in cytochrome c oxidase. Comparison to heme, copper, and sulfur radical complexes.
Brudvig G, Blair D, Chan S. Electron spin relaxation of CuA and cytochrome a in cytochrome c oxidase. Comparison to heme, copper, and sulfur radical complexes. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1984, 259: 11001-11009. PMID: 6088526, DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)90613-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType 1 copperType 2 copperSulfur radicalsBlue copper proteinsMetal centerCopper complexesRadical complexesCopper centerCO complexCopper proteinsProtein environmentLow-spin heme proteinsParamagnetic sitesSpin centersHeme proteinsInorganic copperMagnetic dipolar interactionElectron spin relaxationCopperComplexesSpin-lattice relaxationDipolar interactionsCytochrome c oxidaseRadicalsCuA