An imidazolate-bridged heterobinuclear (copper–zinc) complex of a macrobicyclic ligand, a model of the active site of superoxide dismutase

Jean‐Louis Pierre, Pierre Chautemps, Sidi M. Refaif, Claude Béguin, Abdelilah El-Marzouki, Guy Serratrice, Paul Rey, J Laugier

Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1994 · 18 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

The first imidazolate-bridged heterobinuclear copper–zinc complex of a unique macrobicyclic ligand (cryptand) was prepared and characterized by X-ray diffraction; the complex-catalysed dismutation of superoxide anion survives in the presence of bovine serum albumin.

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