The reduction of molecular oxygen by iron porphyrins

Bernard Boitrel (1) , David Ricard (1) , Amandine Didier (1) , Maurice L'Her (2)

1 ICMUB - Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de l'Université de Bourgogne [Dijon]
2 CEMCA - Chimie, Electrochimie Moléculaires et Chimie Analytique

Molecular assemblies have been synthesised to reproduce the structure of the cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) active site and to explore the roles played by its different features. It was discovered that a single iron porphyrin, adsorbed at the surface of a graphite electrode, is a selective catalyst for the four-electron reduction of dioxygen to water, at pH 7.

Domains: Chemical Sciences

Bernard Boitrel, David Ricard, Amandine Didier, Maurice L'Her. The reduction of molecular oxygen by iron porphyrins. Comptes rendus de l’Académie des sciences. Série IIc, Chimie, 2002, 5 (1), pp.33-36. ⟨hal-01469533⟩