A supramolecular ruthenium macrocycle with high catalytic activity for water oxidation that mechanistically mimics photosystem II

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 576-583

  Schulze, Marcus ^a   Kunz, Valentin ^a   Frischmann, Peter D ^a   Würthner, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; METALLOPROTEIN; OXYGEN; RUTHENIUM; WATER;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYSTEM II;

CATALYSIS; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; METALLOPROTEINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; RUTHENIUM; WATER;

EID: 84971351806     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2503     Document Type: Article

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