Struktur und Aktivität von CuII‐Komplexen bei der Katalyse radikalischer H2O2‐Zerlegungen

Abstract
The bidentate N‐chelates CuII‐bipyridine and CuII‐ethylenediamine are found to be more active in catalysis of H2O2 decomposition than the O‐chelate CuII‐diphosphate and the terdentate N‐chelate CuII‐terpyridine. This is parallelled by changes in the tendency to form ternary peroxo complexes from the respective chelates. Mechanisms and consequences of these catalytic features are discussed.