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Copper-dioxygen complexes: Functional models for proteins

  • Kenneth D. Karlin*
  • , Dong Heon Lee
  • , Honorio V. Obias
  • , Kristi J. Humphreys
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Johns Hopkins University

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Abstract

The complex [(TMPA)CuICRCN)]+ (1) (TMPA = tris[(2-pyridyl)methyl]amine) binds O2 forming [{(TMPA)Cu}2(O2)]2+ (2), with trans-μ-1, 2 peroxo-coordination. Study of complexes with binucleating ligand analogues provide considerable insights and achievement of room-temperature solution stability. Binucleating ligands with tridentate bis[(2-pyridyl)ethyl]amine chelates give side-on μ-η22-peroxo dicopper(II) complexes, likewise in a monooxygenase model system. (P)Fe-X-Cu(L) (P = porphyrinate or binucleating tethered porphyrin; X = O2-, OH-) oxidized resting state models of the heme a3 and CUB site of cytochrome c oxidase have been generated and characterized, and reduced (P)FeII/CuI compounds, for O2 reactivity studies, have been synthesized. A heme/non-heme diiron complex has been generated as a possible model for NO reductase.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)855-862
Number of pages8
JournalPure and Applied Chemistry
Volume70
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998.04

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