Abstract
The oxidation of light alkanes that is catalyzed by heme and nonheme iron enzymes is widely proposed to involve highly reactive {FeVO} species or {FeIVO} ligand cation radicals. The identification of these high-valent iron species and the development of an iron-catalyzed oxidation of light alkanes under mild conditions are of vital importance. Herein, a combination of tridentate and bidentate ligands was used for the generation of highly reactive nonheme {FeO} species. A method that employs [FeIII(Me3tacn)(Cl-acac)Cl]+ as a catalyst in the presence of oxone was developed for the oxidation of hydrocarbons, including cyclohexane, propane, and ethane (Me3tacn=1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane; Cl-acac=3-chloro-acetylacetonate). The complex [FeIII(Tp)2]+ and oxone enabled stoichiometric oxidation of propane and ethane. ESI-MS, EPR and UV/Vis spectroscopy, 18O labeling experiments, and DFT studies point to [FeIV(Me3tacn)({Cl-acac}.+)(O)]2+ as the catalytically active species.
Highly reactive {FeO} intermediates, such as [Fe(Tp)2(O)]+ or complex I (see Scheme), are likely to be involved in the oxidation of propane and ethane with oxone that is either mediated by [FeIII(Tp)2]+ (1) or catalyzed by iron complex 2. The cationic intermediate Ifeatures an {FeO} moiety and is stabilized by a combination of tridentate and bidentate ligands.
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Electrochemical evidence that pyranopterin redox chemistry controls the catalysis of YedY, a mononuclear Mo enzyme
Hope Adamson a, Alexandr N. Simonov b, Michelina Kierzek c, Richard A. Rothery c, Joel H. Weiner c, Alan M. Bond b, and Alison Parkin a,1 a Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom; b School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia; and c Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H7, Canada Edited by Harry B. Gray, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, and approved October 13, 2015 (received for review August 25, 2015) http://www.pnas.org/content/112/47/14506.short A long-standing contradiction in the field of mononuclear Mo enzyme research is that small-molecule chemistry on active-site mimic compounds predicts ligand participation in the electron transfer reactions, but biochemical measurements only suggest metal-centered catalytic electron transfer.With the simultaneous measurement of substrate turnover and reversible electron transfer that is provided by Fourier-...
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