Binuclear copper complex model of tyrosinase
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 24,p. 1752-1755
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39900001752
Abstract
The synthesis is reported of a binuclear copper(I) complex 2 which exhibits the catalytic phenolase and catecholase activity of tyrosinase.Keywords
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