| Introduction. The Dilemmas of O[subscript 2] and HOOH Activation | p. 1 |
| History of Oxygen Activation 1773-1993 | p. 9 |
| Industrial Perspectives on the Use of Dioxygen: New Technology to Solve Old Problems | p. 31 |
| Metal Phosphates: New Vistas for Catalysed Oxidations with Hydrogen Peroxide | p. 45 |
| The Destruction of Aqueous Toxic Organic Compounds by [actual symbol not reproducible] | p. 57 |
| Homogeneous Catalyzed Selective Oxidations Based on O[subscript 2] or H[subscript 2]O[subscript 2] New Systems and Fundamental Studies | p. 71 |
| Electropox: BP's Novel Oxidation Technology | p. 85 |
| Kinetics of Reaction of Dioxygen with Lithium Nickel Oxide, and the Role of Surface Oxygen in Oxidative Coupling of Methane | p. 97 |
| Oxidation of Olefins to Aldehydes Using a Palladium-Copper Catalyst | p. 115 |
| New Metal Complex Oxygen Absorbents for the Recovery of Oxygen | p. 123 |
| Oxygenation of Olefins with Molecular Oxygen Catalyzed by Low Valent Metal Complexes | p. 133 |
| Formation and Alkene Epoxidation by Higher-Valent Oxo-Metalloporphyrins | p. 147 |
| Models for Horseradish Peroxidase Compound II: Phenol Oxidation with Oxoiron(IV) Porphyrins | p. 171 |
| Non-porphyrin Iron Complex-Catalyzed Epoxidation of Olefins | p. 183 |
| Bioinspired Catalysis: Hydroperoxidation of Alkylaromatics | p. 199 |
| Mechanism of Dioxygen Addition to Nickel-Bound Thiolates | p. 209 |
| Studies on the Mechanism of Gif Reactions | p. 225 |
| Cyclohexane Oxidation: Can Gif Chemistry Substitute for the Classical Process | p. 243 |
| Catalytic Chemistry of Cytochrome P-450 and Peroxidases | p. 257 |
| Oxygen-Derived Toxins Generated by Neutrophils and Their Microbicidal Mechanisms | p. 267 |
| Metalloporphyrins as Biomimetic Oxidants and Synthetic Ligninases | p. 287 |
| Methane Monooxygenase: Models and Mechanism | p. 301 |
| Alkane Functionalization at Nonheme Iron Centers: Mechanistic Insights | p. 321 |
| Characterization of Page Bands from 3'-Labeled Short DNA Fragments Resulting from Oxidative Cleavage by "MnTMPyP/KHSO[subscript 5]". Drastic Modifications of Band Migrations by 5' End Sugar Residues | p. 333 |
| New Model Systems for Oxygenases | p. 347 |
| Oxygen Activation by Transition Metal Complexes of Macrobicyclic Cyclidene Ligands | p. 359 |
| Dioxygen Reactivity Models for Cyctochrome c Oxidase: Synthesis and Characterization of Oxo and Hydroxo-Bridged Porphyrin-Iron/Copper Dinuclear Complexes | p. 381 |
| Mechanistic Aspects of O[subscript 2]-Activation on Nickel(II) Tetrahydrosalen Complexes | p. 395 |
| Singlet Oxygen Dimol-Sensitized Luminescence and Reactions of Singlet Oxygen with Organometallics | p. 411 |
| Evidences for Substrate Activation of Copper Catalyzed Intradiol Cleavage in Catechols | p. 423 |
| Catalytic, Aerobic Oxygenations with Metaloporphyrin Catalysts. New Structural Insights into Stereoselectivity | p. 437 |
| Cobalt Bromide Catalysis of the Oxidation of Organic Compounds | p. 441 |
| Homogeneous Catalytic Oxidation of Organic Substrates by Copper-Pyrazolato Complexes | p. 442 |
| Dioxygen Ligand Transfer from Platinum to Molybdenum. Isolation of a Highly Reactive Molybdenum(VI) Oxoperoxo Dimer | p. 443 |
| Copper Imidazole Complexes Catalyze the Oxidative Polymerization of 2,6-Dimethylphenol with Dioxygen | p. 444 |
| Activation of Dioxygen by Chromium and Cobalt Complexes | p. 445 |
| Formation of Isoxazolines and Isoxazoles via Dipolar Cycloaddition by Catalytic Oxidation of Aldoximes with Hydrogen Peroxide and W(VI) Peroxo Complexes | p. 446 |
| Oxidation of Amines and Imines by Mo(VI) and W(VI) Peroxopolyoxo Complexes | p. 447 |
| Gif Chemistry | p. 448 |
| Oxidation of Cyclohexane Catalyzed by Polyhalogenated and Perhalogenated Iron Porphyrins | p. 449 |
| New Oxidations of Organic Substrates Using Hydrogen Peroxide and Supported Heteropolyacid Catalysts | p. 450 |
| Polymer Bound Manganese Porphyrin Catalysts for Olefin Epoxidations with Hydrogen Peroxide | p. 451 |
| Olefin Epoxidation by Ph[subscript 4]PHSO[subscript 5] Catalyzed by Mn(III)-Porphyrins under Homogeneous Conditions | p. 452 |
| Synthesis and Electrochemistry of Diaquaruthenium(II) and Diaquairon(II) Complexes of Quaterpyridines and X-ray Crystal Structures of [actual symbol not reproducible] | p. 453 |
| Oxidation of H[subscript 2]S to S by Air with Fe(III)-NTA as a Catalyst: Catalyst Degradation | p. 454 |
| CrAPO-5-Catalyzed Liquid Phase Oxidation of Secondary Alcohols with O[subscript 2] | p. 455 |
| Solvent Effects on the Oxygenation of Ni-Bound Thiolates | p. 456 |
| Monooxygenation of Alkanes and Aromatics Catalyzed by Nonheme-Iron Complex/Hydroquinone/O[subscript 2] Systems | p. 457 |
| Effects of Sensitizer and Solvent on Singlet Oxygenation of [beta]-Methylstyrenes | p. 458 |
| Heteropolyperoxo Complexes as Catalysts for Organic Oxidations | p. 459 |
| Iron Complexes of Cyclam and Cyclam-Like Ligands as Models for Non-Heme Iron Enzymes | p. 460 |
| Oxygen Activation by 3d Metal Complexes of Open Chain and Macrocyclic Schiff Base Ligands | p. 461 |
| Selective Monoepoxidation of 1,3-Dienes Catalyzed by Transition Metal Complexes | p. 462 |
| Hydrocarbon Oxidation by a Polynuclear Iron Sandwich Polyoxotungstate - Hydrogen Peroxide System | p. 463 |
| Thianthrene Oxide as a Mechanistic Probe for Bleach Ingredients | p. 464 |
| The Selective Hydroxylation of Cyclohexane by Alkyl Hydroperoxides. A Challenge That Can Be Solved? | p. 465 |
| Dioxygen Oxidation by the Metal-Immobilized Catalyst Derived from Silica and Montmorillonite Modified by Silane Coupling Reagent | p. 466 |
| Biomimetic Oxidation of Cyclohexane Using the Gif-Krict System | p. 467 |
| Non-Symmetric Dinucleating Ligands for Oxidation Catalysts. Templates for Realistic Dinuclear Metalloenzyme Mimics | p. 468 |
| Binuclear Cobalt(II) Complexes of Macrocyclic and Macrobicyclic Ligands as Oxygen Carriers | p. 469 |
| Reactions of KMnO[subscript 4] with Various Schiff Base Ligands in Aprotic Solvents | p. 470 |
| Chromium(VI) Oxide Catalyzed Oxidations by Tert-Butylhydroperoxide: Benzylic Oxidation versus Tert-Butylhydroperoxide Decomposition | p. 471 |
| Cytochrome P-450 Like Substrate Oxidation Catalyzed by Heme-Undecapeptide, Microperoxidase-11 | p. 472 |
| Oxidation of Organic Compounds with Molecular Oxygen Catalyzed by Heteropolyoxometallates | p. 473 |
| Thermodynamic and Kinetic Studies to Elucidate the Amoco Co/Mn/Br Autoxidation ('MC') Catalyst | p. 474 |
| Iron(III) and Manganese(III) Tetra-arylporphyrins Catalyze the Oxidation of Primary Aromatic Amines to the Corresponding Nitro Derivatives | p. 475 |
| Stoichiometric and Catalytic Oxidation by a Binuclear Cu(I) Dioxygen Macrocyclic Complex Derived from Pyridine-2,6-dicarboxaldehyde and BISDIEN | p. 476 |
| Fenton Reagents (1:1 Fe[superscript II]L[subscript x]/HOOH) React Via [actual symbol not reproducible] as Hydroxylases [actual symbol not reproducible] NOT as Generators of Free Hydroxyl Radicals [actual symbol not reproducible] | p. 477 |
| The Iron(II)-Induced Generation of Hydrogen Peroxide from Dioxygen; Induction of Fenton Chemistry and the Activation of O[subscript 2] for the Ketonization of Hydrocarbons; FeII(PA)[subscript 2]/(t-BuOOH)-Induced Activation of O[subscript 2] | p. 478 |
| The Unique Role of Iron Cations in the Activation of Molecular Oxygen in the Gas Phase | p. 479 |
| Low Temperature Oxidation of p-Xylene to Terephthalic Acid | p. 480 |
| Copper(I)/(t-BuOOH)-Induced Activation of Dioxygen for the Ketonization of Methylenic Carbons | p. 481 |
| Enantioselective Lactonization of Cyclic Ketones with H[subscript 2]O[subscript 2] Catalyzed by Complexes of Platinum(II) | p. 482 |
| Aerobic Oxygenation of Olefins Catalyzed by Transition-Metal Complexes - Preparation of Epoxides and [alpha]-Hydroxy Ketones | p. 483 |
| Oxidation of Phenolic Arylalkenes in the Presence of Molecular Oxygen | p. 484 |
| Oxidation of Hydrocarbons by Oxygen and Hydrogen over Pd-Containing Titanium Silicalites | p. 485 |
| Preparation, Characterization, and Reaction of an Oxo-Fe(V)-Porphyrin Complex | p. 486 |
| Non-Chlorine Bleaching of Wood Pulps Mediated by Heteropolyoxometalates | p. 487 |
| Index | p. 489 |
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