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Steiner L, Dupé A, Kirchner K, Mösch-Zanetti NC. The Effect of Selenium-Based Ligands on Tungsten Acetylene Complexes. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:12255-12267. [PMID: 38898818 PMCID: PMC11220754 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2024] [Revised: 06/03/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Bioinspired tungsten acetylene complexes containing pyridine-2-selenolato (PySe) or 6-methyl-pyridine-2-selenolato (6-MePySe) ligands were synthesized. 77Se NMR spectroscopy allowed for an assessment of the resonance structures in the pyridine-2-selenolato ligands and the rationalization of chemoselectivity observed in regard to 1,2 migratory insertion of HC≡CH. [W(CO)(C2H2)(CHCH-PySe)(PySe)] is formed exclusively via insertion of HC≡CH into the W-N bond, while the use of bulkier 6-MePySe allows for the isolation of [W(CO)(C2H2)(6-MePySe)2], which only partially reacts with excess HC≡CH to give [W(CO)(C2H2)(CHCH-6-MePySe)(6-MePySe)]. Oxidation of [W(CO)(C2H2)(6-MePySe)2] with pyridine-N-oxide gave the tungsten(IV) complex [WO(C2H2)(6-MePySe)2]. Complexes [W(CO)(C2H2)(6-MePySe)2] and [WO(C2H2)(6-MePySe)2] react with trimethyl phosphine to carbyne complex [W(CO)(CCH2PMe3)(PMe3)2(6-MePySe)]Cl and alkylidene complex [WO(CHCHPMe3)(PMe3)2(6-MePySe)]Cl, respectively. The addition of substituted alkynes to [W(CO)3(PySe)2] via thermal decarbonylation gave complexes [W(CO)(MeC≡CMe)(PySe)2] and [W(CO)(HC≡Ct-Bu)(PySe)2], respectively. The here presented complexes are relevant for the modeling of the active site of acetylene hydratase from Pelobacter acetylenicus, in which a tungsten atom is enclosed in a sulfur-rich coordination sphere. A recently published theoretical study concluded that the exchange of sulfur for selenium would increase the activity of the enzyme. Our findings contrast this claim as comparative analysis concludes negligible structural and electronic differences between the selenium-based and previously published sulfur-based complexes.
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- Lorenz Steiner
- Institute
of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, University
of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute
of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, University
of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute
of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Vienna University
of Technology, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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Ćorović M, Milinkovic A, Stix N, Dupé A, Mösch-Zanetti NC. Nucleophiles Target the Tungsten Center Over Acetylene in Biomimetic Models. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:11953-11962. [PMID: 38877603 PMCID: PMC11220757 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2024] [Revised: 05/23/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/16/2024]
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Inspired by the first shell mechanism proposed for the tungstoenzyme acetylene hydratase, the electrophilic reactivity of tungsten-acetylene complexes [W(CO)(C2H2)(6-MePyS)2] (1) and [WO(C2H2)(6-MePyS)2] (2) was investigated. The biological nucleophile water/hydroxide and tert-butyl isocyanide were employed. Our findings consistently show that, regardless of the nucleophile used, both tungsten centers W(II) and W(IV), respectively, are the preferred targets over the coordinated acetylene. Treatment of 2 with aqueous NaOH led to protonation of coordinated acetylene to ethylene, pointing toward the Brønsted basic character of the coordinated alkyne instead of the anticipated electrophilic behavior. In cases involving isocyanides as nucleophiles, the attack on the W(II) center of 1 took place first, whereas the W(IV) complex 2 remained unchanged. These experiments indicate that the direct nucleophilic attack of W-coordinated acetylene by water, as some computational studies of acetylene hydratase propose, is unlikely to occur.
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- Miljan
Z. Ćorović
- Institute of Chemistry, Inorganic
Chemistry, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Chemistry, Inorganic
Chemistry, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Chemistry, Inorganic
Chemistry, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Chemistry, Inorganic
Chemistry, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Pätsch S, Correia JV, Elvers BJ, Steuer M, Schulzke C. Inspired by Nature-Functional Analogues of Molybdenum and Tungsten-Dependent Oxidoreductases. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27123695. [PMID: 35744820 PMCID: PMC9227248 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27123695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Revised: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Throughout the previous ten years many scientists took inspiration from natural molybdenum and tungsten-dependent oxidoreductases to build functional active site analogues. These studies not only led to an ever more detailed mechanistic understanding of the biological template, but also paved the way to atypical selectivity and activity, such as catalytic hydrogen evolution. This review is aimed at representing the last decade’s progress in the research of and with molybdenum and tungsten functional model compounds. The portrayed systems, organized according to their ability to facilitate typical and artificial enzyme reactions, comprise complexes with non-innocent dithiolene ligands, resembling molybdopterin, as well as entirely non-natural nitrogen, oxygen, and/or sulfur bearing chelating donor ligands. All model compounds receive individual attention, highlighting the specific novelty that each provides for our understanding of the enzymatic mechanisms, such as oxygen atom transfer and proton-coupled electron transfer, or that each presents for exploiting new and useful catalytic capability. Overall, a shift in the application of these model compounds towards uncommon reactions is noted, the latter are comprehensively discussed.
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Vidovič C, Belaj F, Mösch‐Zanetti NC. Soft Scorpionate Hydridotris(2-mercapto-1-methylimidazolyl) borate) Tungsten-Oxido and -Sulfido Complexes as Acetylene Hydratase Models. Chemistry 2020; 26:12431-12444. [PMID: 32640122 PMCID: PMC7589279 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202001127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A series of WIV alkyne complexes with the sulfur-rich ligand hydridotris(2-mercapto-1-methylimidazolyl) borate) (TmMe ) are presented as bio-inspired models to elucidate the mechanism of the tungstoenzyme acetylene hydratase (AH). The mono- and/or bis-alkyne precursors were reacted with NaTmMe and the resulting complexes [W(CO)(C2 R2 )(TmMe )Br] (R=H 1, Me 2) oxidized to the target [WE(C2 R2 )(TmMe )Br] (E=O, R=H 4, Me 5; E=S, R=H 6, Me 7) using pyridine-N-oxide and methylthiirane. Halide abstraction with TlOTf in MeCN gave the cationic complexes [WE(C2 R2 )(MeCN)(TmMe )](OTf) (E=CO, R=H 10, Me 11; E=O, R=H 12, Me 13; E=S, R=H 14, Me 15). Without MeCN, dinuclear complexes [W2 O(μ-O)(C2 Me2 )2 (TmMe )2 ](OTf)2 (8) and [W2 (μ-S)2 (C2 Me2 )(TmMe )2 ](OTf)2 (9) could be isolated showing distinct differences between the oxido and sulfido system with the latter exhibiting only one molecule of C2 Me2 . This provides evidence that a fine balance of the softness at W is important for acetylene coordination. Upon dissolving complex 8 in acetonitrile complex 13 is reconstituted in contrast to 9. All complexes exhibit the desired stability toward water and the observed effective coordination of the scorpionate ligand avoids decomposition to disulfide, an often-occurring reaction in sulfur ligand chemistry. Hence, the data presented here point toward a mechanism with a direct coordination of acetylene in the active site and provide the basis for further model chemistry for acetylene hydratase.
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- Carina Vidovič
- University of GrazInstitute of ChemistryDepartment of Inorganic ChemistrySchuberstraße 18010GrazAustria
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- University of GrazInstitute of ChemistryDepartment of Inorganic ChemistrySchuberstraße 18010GrazAustria
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- University of GrazInstitute of ChemistryDepartment of Inorganic ChemistrySchuberstraße 18010GrazAustria
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Vidovič C, Peschel LM, Buchsteiner M, Belaj F, Mösch‐Zanetti NC. Structural Mimics of Acetylene Hydratase: Tungsten Complexes Capable of Intramolecular Nucleophilic Attack on Acetylene. Chemistry 2019; 25:14267-14272. [PMID: 31603595 PMCID: PMC6899645 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Bioinspired complexes employing the ligands 6-tert-butylpyridazine-3-thione (SPn) and pyridine-2-thione (SPy) were synthesized and fully characterized to mimic the tungstoenzyme acetylene hydratase (AH). The complexes [W(CO)(C2 H2 )(CHCH-SPy)(SPy)] (4) and [W(CO)(C2 H2 )(CHCH-SPn)(SPn)] (5) were formed by intramolecular nucleophilic attack of the nitrogen donors of the ligand on the coordinated C2 H2 molecule. Labelling experiments using C2 D2 with the SPy system revealed the insertion reaction proceeding via a bis-acetylene intermediate. The starting complex [W(CO)(C2 H2 )(SPy)2 ] (6) for these studies was accessed by the new acetylene precursor mixture [W(CO)(C2 H2 )n (MeCN)3-n Br2 ] (n=1 and 2; 7). All complexes represent rare examples in the field of W-C2 H2 chemistry with 4 and 5 being the first of their kind. In the ongoing debate on the enzymatic mechanism, the findings support activation of acetylene by the tungsten center.
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- Carina Vidovič
- Institute of Chemistry—Inorganic ChemistryUniversity of GrazSchubertstrasse 18010GrazAustria
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- Institute of Chemistry—Inorganic ChemistryUniversity of GrazSchubertstrasse 18010GrazAustria
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- Institute of Chemistry—Inorganic ChemistryUniversity of GrazSchubertstrasse 18010GrazAustria
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- Institute of Chemistry—Inorganic ChemistryUniversity of GrazSchubertstrasse 18010GrazAustria
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- Institute of Chemistry—Inorganic ChemistryUniversity of GrazSchubertstrasse 18010GrazAustria
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Peschel LM, Vidovič C, Belaj F, Neshchadin D, Mösch‐Zanetti NC. Activation and Photoinduced Release of Alkynes on a Biomimetic Tungsten Center: The Photochemical Behavior of the W-S-Phoz System. Chemistry 2019; 25:3893-3902. [PMID: 30773712 PMCID: PMC6563718 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201805665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Revised: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The synthesis and structural determination of four tungsten alkyne complexes coordinated by the bio-inspired S,N-donor ligand 2-(4',4'-dimethyloxazoline-2'-yl)thiophenolate (S-Phoz) is presented. A previously established protocol that involved the reaction of the respective alkyne with the bis-carbonyl precursor [W(CO)2 (S-Phoz)2 ] was used for the complexes [W(CO)(C2 R2 )(S-Phoz)2 ] (R=H, 1 a; Me, 1 b; Ph, 1 c). Oxidation with pyridine-N-oxide gave the corresponding W-oxo species [WO(C2 R2 )(S-Phoz)2 ] (R=H, 2 a; Me, 2 b; Ph, 2 c). All W-oxo-alkyne complexes (2 a, b, c) were found to be capable of alkyne release upon light irradiation to afford five-coordinate [WO(S-Phoz)2 ] (3). The photoinduced release of the alkyne ligand was studied in detail by in situ 1 H NMR measurements, which revealed correlation of the photodissociation rate constant (2 b>2 a>2 c) with the elongation of the alkyne C≡C bond in the molecular structures. Oxidation of [WO(S-Phoz)2 ] (3) with pyridine-N-oxide yielded [WO2 (S-Phoz)2 ] (4), which shows highly fluxional behavior in solution. Variable-temperature 1 H NMR spectroscopy revealed three isomeric forms with respect to the ligand arrangement versus each other. Furthermore, compound 4 rearranges to tetranuclear oxo compound [W4 O4 (μ-O)6 (S-Phoz)4 ] (5) and dinuclear [{WO(μ-O)(S-Phoz)}2 ] (6) over time. The latter two were identified by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses.
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- Lydia M. Peschel
- Institute of ChemistryUniversity of GrazSchubertstrasse 18010GrazAustria
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- Institute of ChemistryUniversity of GrazSchubertstrasse 18010GrazAustria
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- Institute of ChemistryUniversity of GrazSchubertstrasse 18010GrazAustria
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical ChemistryGraz University of TechnologyStremayrgasse 98010GrazAustria
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Peschel LM, Belaj F, Schachner JA, Mösch-Zanetti NC. Dinuclear MoV
Complexes with Thiophenolate-oxazoline Ligands: Synthesis, Characterization, and Exceptional Activity in Catalytic Olefin Epoxidation. Eur J Inorg Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201700159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Lydia M. Peschel
- Institute of Chemistry; University of Graz; Schubertstrasse 1 8010 Graz Austria
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- Institute of Chemistry; University of Graz; Schubertstrasse 1 8010 Graz Austria
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- Institute of Chemistry; University of Graz; Schubertstrasse 1 8010 Graz Austria
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Rodygin KS, Werner G, Kucherov FA, Ananikov VP. Calcium Carbide: A Unique Reagent for Organic Synthesis and Nanotechnology. Chem Asian J 2016; 11:965-76. [PMID: 26898248 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201501323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Acetylene, HC≡CH, is one of the primary building blocks in synthetic organic and industrial chemistry. Several highly valuable processes have been developed based on this simplest alkyne and the development of acetylene chemistry has had a paramount impact on chemical science over the last few decades. However, in spite of numerous useful possible reactions, the application of gaseous acetylene in everyday research practice is rather limited. Moreover, the practical implementation of high-pressure acetylene chemistry can be very challenging, owing to the risk of explosion and the requirement for complex equipment; special safety precautions need to be taken to store and handle acetylene under high pressure, which limit its routine use in a standard laboratory setup. Amazingly, recent studies have revealed that calcium carbide, CaC2 , can be used as an easy-to-handle and efficient source of acetylene for in situ chemical transformations. Thus, calcium carbide is a stable and inexpensive acetylene precursor that is available on the ton scale and it can be handled with standard laboratory equipment. The application of calcium carbide in organic synthesis will bring a new dimension to the powerful acetylene chemistry.
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- Konstantin S Rodygin
- Institute of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetsky pr. 26, Stary Petergof, 198504, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetsky pr. 26, Stary Petergof, 198504, Russia
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- Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 47, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Institute of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, Universitetsky pr. 26, Stary Petergof, 198504, Russia. .,Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 47, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
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Acetylene hydratase: a non-redox enzyme with tungsten and iron-sulfur centers at the active site. J Biol Inorg Chem 2016; 21:29-38. [PMID: 26790879 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-015-1330-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Accepted: 12/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
In living systems, tungsten is exclusively found in microbial enzymes coordinated by the pyranopterin cofactor, with additional metal coordination provided by oxygen and/or sulfur, and/or selenium atoms in diverse arrangements. Prominent examples are formate dehydrogenase, formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase, and aldehyde oxidoreductase all of which catalyze redox reactions. The bacterial enzyme acetylene hydratase (AH) stands out of its class as it catalyzes the conversion of acetylene to acetaldehyde, clearly a non-redox reaction and a reaction distinct from the reduction of acetylene to ethylene by nitrogenase. AH harbors two pyranopterins bound to W, and a [4Fe-4S] cluster. W is coordinated by four dithiolene sulfur atoms, one cysteine sulfur, and one oxygen ligand. AH activity requires a strong reductant suggesting W(IV) as the active oxidation state. Two different types of reaction pathways have been proposed. The 1.26 Å structure reveals a water molecule coordinated to W which could gain a partially positive net charge by the adjacent protonated Asp-13, enabling a direct attack of C2H2. To access the W-Asp site, a substrate channel was evolved distant from where it is found in other members of the DMSOR family. Computational studies of this second shell mechanism led to unrealistically high energy barriers, and alternative pathways were proposed where C2H2 binds directly to W. The architecture of the catalytic cavity, the specificity for C2H2 and the results from site-directed mutagenesis do not support this first shell mechanism. More investigations including structural information on the binding of C2H2 are needed to present a conclusive answer.
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