RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES ON METAL COMPLEXES AS SYNTHETIC DIOXYGEN CARRIERS OF BIOLOGICAL INTEREST

The following sections are included:

• Introduction

• Cobalt Complexes

  • Discovery of Monomeric Dioxygen Adducts

  • Bonding, Spectra and Solution

  • Dioxygen Affinities

  • Coboglobins

• Iron complexes

  • Requirements for Synthetic O₂-carriers

  • Steric

  • Low Temperature

  • Attachment to Rigid Surfaces

• Manganese Complexes

• Acknowledgements

• References