Raman and Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Characterization of a Sulfur-Ligated Cu(I) Ethylene Complex:  Modeling the Proposed Ethylene Binding Site of<i>Arabidopsis</i><i>thaliana</i>ETR1

Jeffrey M. Hirsch, Serena DeBeer, Edward I. Solomon, Britt Hedman, Keith O. Hodgson, Judith N. Burstyn

Inorganic Chemistry · 2001 · 28 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

An ethylene complex of a thioether-ligated Cu(I) center was synthesized and characterized by Raman spectroscopy and EXAFS. Long Cu(I)−C bonds and low Cu−C vibrational frequencies reveal weak binding of the gaseous ligand.

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