Metallopeptoids as efficient biomimetic catalysts.

Metallopeptoid catalysts incorporating phenanthroline-copper and TEMPO, and at least one non-catalytic group perform in the oxidation of various benzylic, allylic and aliphatic primary alcohols with a TON of up to 16 times higher than a mixture of the two catalytic groups or the peptoid dimer that is lacking the non-catalytic group.