#Scientists reveal mechanism of dioxygen activation
“#Scientists reveal mechanism of dioxygen activation” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Metalloenzyme can couple dioxygen activation to substrate functionalization, which often exhibits unrivaled efficiency, even at ambient conditions. It is believed that metal-superoxo intermediates are formed in dioxygen activation, and then further reduced to metal-peroxo and ultimately to -oxo species. However, the chemistry of metal-superoxo complexes…