ChemInform Abstract: Modeling the Dinuclear Sites of Iron Biomolecules: Synthesis and Properties of Fe2O(OAc)2Cl2(bipy)2 and Its Use as an Alkane Activation Catalyst.
Abstract
The synthetic analogue approach to the oxygen carrier protein hemerythrin is extended to the preparation of (IV) as the first model of a substrate-analogue-bound form of metchlorohemerythrin.
ChemInform Abstract
The synthetic analogue approach to the oxygen carrier protein hemerythrin is extended to the preparation of (IV) as the first model of a substrate-analogue-bound form of metchlorohemerythrin. (IV) crystallizes in P1 with Z=2. Its magnetic moment and 57Fe Moessbauer data are reported. Since the (Fe2(μ-O)(μ-O-Ac)2)2+ unit may also be present in methane monooxygenase (MMO), biomimetic catalysis studies are conducted with (IV) to investigate its ability to model functionally the MMO enzyme in the hydroxylation of C2, C3 and cyclo-C6 hydrocarbons with tBuOOH or Zn/HOAc/O2 as monooxygen donors.
