Crystallographic and spectroscopic characterization and reactivities of a mononuclear non-haem iron(III)-superoxo complex

Seungwoo Hong, Kyle D. Sutherlin, Jiyoung Park, Eunji Kwon, Maxime A. Siegler, Edward I. Solomon () and Wonwoo Nam ()
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Seungwoo Hong: Ewha Womans University
Kyle D. Sutherlin: Stanford University
Jiyoung Park: Ewha Womans University
Eunji Kwon: Ewha Womans University
Maxime A. Siegler: The Johns Hopkins University
Edward I. Solomon: Stanford University
Wonwoo Nam: Ewha Womans University

Nature Communications, 2014, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Mononuclear non-haem iron(III)-superoxo species (FeIII-O2−·) have been implicated as key intermediates in the catalytic cycles of dioxygen activation by non-haem iron enzymes. Although non-haem iron(III)-superoxo species have been trapped and characterized spectroscopically in enzymatic and biomimetic reactions, no structural information has yet been obtained. Here we report the isolation, spectroscopic characterization and crystal structure of a mononuclear side-on (η2) iron(III)-superoxo complex with a tetraamido macrocyclic ligand. The non-haem iron(III)-superoxo species undergoes both electrophilic and nucleophilic oxidation reactions, as well as O2-transfer between metal complexes. In the O2-transfer reaction, the iron(III)-superoxo complex transfers the bound O2 unit to a manganese(III) analogue, resulting in the formation of a manganese(IV)-peroxo complex, which is characterized structurally and spectroscopically as a mononuclear side-on (η2) manganese(IV)-peroxo complex. The difference in the redox distribution between the metal ions and O2 in iron(III)-superoxo and manganese(IV)-peroxo complexes is rationalized using density functional theory calculations.

Date: 2014
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