Developments of the coordination mode,structure and stabilization of copper(II)-dipeptide complexes

The studies of copper(Ⅱ)-dipeptide complexes in the last decades have been summarized in this paper.Several familiar coordination modes of copper(Ⅱ)-dipeptide systems as well as the structures of the dipeptide complexes with copper in solution and crystal have been reviewed.Moreover,the stabilization of the complexes,especially the influence of the optical activity of dipeptide on the stabilization has been discussed.