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Monodithiolene Molybdenum(V,VI) Complexes: A Structural Analogue of the Oxidized Active Site of the Sulfite Oxidase Enzyme Family
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posted on 2001-07-28, 00:00 authored by Booyong S. Lim, Michael W. Willer, Mingming Miao, R. H. HolmThe active sites of the xanthine oxidase and sulfite oxidase enzyme families contain one pterin−dithiolene cofactor ligand bound to a molybdenum atom. Consequently, monodithiolene molybdenum complexes
have been sought by exploratory synthesis for structural and reactivity studies. Reaction of [MoO(S2C2Me2)2]1-
or [MoO(bdt)2]1- with PhSeCl results in removal of one dithiolate ligand and formation of [MoOCl2(S2C2Me2)]1-
(1) or [MoOCl2(bdt)]1- (2), which undergoes ligand substitution reactions to form other monodithiolene
complexes [MoO(2-AdS)2(S2C2Me2)]1- (3), [MoO(SR)2(bdt)]1- (R = 2-Ad (4), 2,4,6-Pri3C6H2 (5)), and
[MoOCl(SC6H2-2,4,6-Pri3)(bdt)]1- (6) (Ad = 2-adamantyl, bdt = benzene-1,2-dithiolate). These complexes
have square pyramidal structures with apical oxo ligands, exhibit rhombic EPR spectra, and 3−5 are
electrochemically reducible to MoIVO species. Complexes 1−6 constitute the first examples of five-coordinate
monodithiolene MoVO complexes; 6 approaches the proposed structure of the high-pH form of sulfite oxidase.
Treatment of [MoO2(OSiPh3)2] with Li2(bdt) in THF affords [MoO2(OSiPh3)(bdt)]1- (8). Reaction of 8 with
2,4,6-Pri3C6H2SH in acetonitrile gives [MoO2(SC6H2-2,4,6-Pri3)(bdt)]1- (9, 55%). Complexes 8 and 9 are square
pyramidal with apical and basal oxo ligands. With one dithiolene and one thiolate ligand of a square pyramidal
MoVIO2S3 coordination unit, 9 closely resembles the oxidized sites in sulfite oxidase and assimilatory nitrate
reductase as deduced from crystallography (sulfite oxidase) and Mo EXAFS. The complex is the first structural
analogue of the active sites in fully oxidized members of the sulfite oxidase family. This work provides a
starting point for the development of both structural and reactivity analogues of members of this family.
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assimilatory nitrate reductaseEXAFSsulfite oxidase enzyme familiesTHFMo IV O speciesPrS 2 C 2bdtligand substitution reactionsComplexeMoOCl 2Mo VI O 2 S 3 coordination unitmonodithiolene Mo V O complexesapical oxo ligandsSHSCsiteMoO 2basal oxo ligandssulfite oxidaseSulfite Oxidase Enzyme Familymonodithiolene molybdenum complexesexhibit rhombic EPR spectrasulfite oxidase family
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