Mediators to oxidoreductase enzymes
US5710011A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 6, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jan 20, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S436/801
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Half-sandwich complexes of transition metals having a single .pi.-ligand with delocalised .pi. bonding are of use in mediating electron transfer between an electrode and a redox protein, for example an oxidoreductase enzyme such as in an amperometric enzyme sensor. Suitable compounds include complexes of the general formula: EQU (.pi.-ligand)M(not-.pi.-ligand).sub.n wherein the complex is charged or neutral, .pi.-ligand represents the single .pi.-bonded ligand, M represents the transition metal atom, n is the number of ligands which are not .pi.-ligands, and the n not-.pi.-ligands are the same or different, are univalent or multivalent, and serve to satisfy the valency of the transitional metal M.
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