O2 activation and aromatic hydroxylation performed by diiron complexes

S Ménage, JB Galey, J Dumats, G Hussler…

Index: Menage, Stephane; Galey, Jean-Baptiste; Dumats, Jacqueline; Hussler, Georges; Seite, Michel; Luneau, Isabelle Gautier; Chottard, Genevieve; Fontecave, Marc Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1998 , vol. 120, # 51 p. 13370 - 13382

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Abstract

Chemical models of active sites of diiron oxo proteins have been synthesized. The polydendate ligands are EDTA derivatives which provide a balanced supply of nitrogen atoms and carboxylate groups together with an oxidizable phenyl moiety, thus mimicking both the iron coordination in methane monooxygenase and a nearby substrate site. All the diferric complexes have been characterized in solution by ESI-MS, optical absorption, and ...