Volume 133, Issue 11 pp. 5972-5977
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Ferric Heme Superoxide Reductive Transformations to Ferric Heme (Hydro)Peroxide Species: Spectroscopic Characterization and Thermodynamic Implications for H-Atom Transfer (HAT)

Hyun Kim

Hyun Kim

Chemistry Department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218 USA

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Dr. Patrick J. Rogler

Dr. Patrick J. Rogler

Chemistry Department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218 USA

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Dr. Savita K. Sharma

Dr. Savita K. Sharma

Chemistry Department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218 USA

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Dr. Andrew W. Schaefer

Dr. Andrew W. Schaefer

Chemistry Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305 USA

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Dr. Edward I. Solomon

Corresponding Author

Dr. Edward I. Solomon

Chemistry Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305 USA

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Dr. Kenneth D. Karlin

Corresponding Author

Dr. Kenneth D. Karlin

Chemistry Department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218 USA

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First published: 21 December 2020
Citations: 1

Abstract

A new end-on low-spin ferric heme peroxide, [(PIm)FeIII−(O22−)] (PIm-P), and subsequently formed hydroperoxide species, [(PIm)FeIII−(OOH)] (PIm-HP) are generated utilizing the iron-porphyrinate PIm with its tethered axial base imidazolyl group. Measured thermodynamic parameters, the ferric heme superoxide [(PIm)FeIII−(O2⋅−)] (PIm-S) reduction potential (E°′) and the PIm-HP pKa value, lead to the finding of the OO−H bond-dissociation free energy (BDFE) of PIm-HP as 69.5 kcal mol−1 using a thermodynamic square scheme and Bordwell relationship. The results are validated by the observed oxidizing ability of PIm-S via hydrogen-atom transfer (HAT) compared to that of the F8 superoxide complex, [(F8)FeIII−(O2.−)] (S) (F8=tetrakis(2,6-difluorophenyl)porphyrinate, without an internally appended axial base imidazolyl), as determined from reactivity comparison of superoxide complexes PIm-S and S with the hydroxylamine (O-H) substrates TEMPO-H and ABNO-H.

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