by Nicole Kindermann, Eckhard Bill, Sebastian Dechert, Serhiy Demeshko, Edward J. Reijerse, Franc Meyer
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Abstract
Copper enzymes play important roles in the binding and
activation of dioxygen in biological systems. Key copper/dioxygen
intermediates have been identified and studied in synthetic analogues of
the metalloprotein active sites, including the μ-η2:η2-peroxodicopper(II)
motif relevant to type III dicopper proteins. Herein, we report the
synthesis and characterization of a bioinspired dicopper system that
forms a stable μ-η1:η1-peroxo complex whose
Cu-O-O-Cu torsion is constrained to around 90° by ligand design. This
results in sizeable ferromagnetic coupling between the copper(II) ions,
which is detected by magnetic measurements and HF-EPR spectroscopy. The
new dicopper peroxo system is the first with a triplet ground state, and
it represents a snapshot of the initial stages of O2 binding at type III dicopper sites.
Stuck in the middle with Cu: Rational ligand design results in a μ-η1:η1-peroxo
dicopper(II) complex whose Cu-O-O-Cu torsion is constrained to around
90°, allowing a sizeable ferromagnetic coupling between the CuII ions and a triplet ground state. The complex is a snapshot of the initial stages of O2 binding at biological type III dicopper sites (Cu red, O green).
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