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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2007 Dec 13;130(2):676–686. doi: 10.1021/ja0762745

Scheme 2.

Scheme 2

Schematic showing the σ-bond between Cu 3d orbital and π* antibonding orbital of the O22− fragment in [{(TMPA)Cu}2O2]2+ (top) and [{Cu[HB(3,5-Pri2pz)3]}2(O2)] (bottom).