Editor: Robert Bakhtchadjian

Series Title: Chemical Reaction Mechanisms , Mechanisms of Oxidation Reactions

​Oxygen Atom Transfer​ Reactions

Volume 1

eBook: US $29 Special Offer (PDF + Printed Copy): US $54
Printed Copy: US $39
Library License: US $116
ISBN: 978-981-5050-93-6 (Print)
ISBN: 978-981-5050-92-9 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2022
DOI: 10.2174/97898150509291230101

Introduction

This book introduces readers to the fundamentals of oxygen atom transfer reactions. It also gives mechanistic insights into the redox processes occurring through the oxygen atom transfer reactions. It also includes information about catalytic activation of oxygen through enzymes and oxo-metallic complexes. All topics are explored in separate chapters.

Key features:

- Reviews the basic mechanisms in redox processes involving oxo-atom transfer reactions.

- Presents progress in the biomimetic activation of dioxygen related to the catalytic oxidations by synthetic metal organic complexes.

- Covers an important class of metal-organic compounds - nickel-oxygen species - generated in catalytic oxidation processes as oxygen atom transfer agents.

- Explains the mechanistic aspects of the heterogeneous photochemical redox processes via oxo-atom transfer reactions

- Provides references for further reading

It is a reference for both professional scientists in the fields of chemistry, biology and applied sciences, and for graduate and undergraduate students interested in understanding reaction mechanisms involving oxygen.

Audience

Professional scientists in the fields of chemistry, biology and applied sciences; graduate and undergraduate students interested in understanding reaction mechanisms involving oxygen.

Foreword

Oxygen atom transfer reactions have been widely explored in biological systems and chemical synthesis studies. This volume outlines some basic mechanistic understanding and recent achievements in the study of the oxygen atom transfer reactions catalyzed by transition metal-oxo complexes. The influence of the nature of the central metals and the coordinated ligands on mechanisms of oxygen atom transfer reactions are summarized. In the first chapter, the type of oxidation reactions and the general classification of oxygen atom transfer reactions are introduced in detail. It is very useful for readers to be acquainted with the catalytic oxidation reaction via oxygen atom transfer of organometallic complexes. The following chapters of this volume are reviews involving the study of different aspects of oxygen atom transfer reaction mechanisms, such as O2 activation driven by transition metal complexes and oxygen atom transfer reactions catalyzed by nickel-based organic complexes. These chapters provide readers with some efficient catalytic strategies for the activation of O2 and the functionalization of C-H bonds and C=C bonds. This volume not only offers the basic knowledge of oxygen atom transfer reactions but also introduces the main development of this field. This book is promising to play an important role in motivating the interests of chemists and biology scientists from all over the world to further develop oxygen atom transfer reactions. The knowledge obtained in this field should also serve other oxidation reactions.


Jincai Zhao
Professor, Ph.D.
Member of the European Academy of Sciences
Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
People's Republic of China