Bioinspired catalysts: Synthesis, characterisation and some applications

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Our recent work concerning the synthesis, characterisation and some applications of bioinspired electron-transfer catalysts is reviewed in this contribution. The catalysts were various mono- or heterobimetallic complexes having either Cu(II) or Cu(II) and Zn(II) as central ions and amino acids, their derivatives or various N-containing organic molecules as ligands. Emphasis was based upon the solid support immobilised versions of these complexes. They were built or anchored onto various kinds of supports (silica gel, montmorillonite, Merrifield’s resin) with different methods (adsorption, ion exchange, covalent grafting). The resulting materials were characterised by a variety of instrumental (FT-IR, Raman, EPR [electron paramagnetic resonance] and atomic absorption spectroscopies, thermogravimetry) as well as computational methods. Their superoxide dismutase, catecholase and catalase activities were tested and some of them were found to be promising candidates as durable electron-tran

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