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Novel thioxanthate molybdenum complexes supported on copolypeptides consisting of L-cysteine and γ-benzyl L-glutamate were prepared and the catalysis for the reduction of phenylacetylene and azobenzene with sodium borohydride was investigated as nitrogenase model reaction. A binary catalytic system consisting of polypeptide–molybdenum complexes and the ferredoxin model complex was found to be superior to that of the corresponding unsupported molybdenum complex.
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Oguni, N., Shimazu, S. & Nakamura, A. Nitrogenase Model Reaction: Electron-Transfer Reduction of Phenylacetylene and Azobenzene by Catalysis of Copolypeptide–Molybdenum Complexes in Protic Solvent. Polym J 12, 891–897 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1295/polymj.12.891
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