Marquardt M, Cula B, Budhija V, Dallmann A, Schwalbe M. Structural Determination of an Unusual Cu
I -Porphyrin-π-Bond in a Hetero-Pacman Cu-Zn-Complex.
Chemistry 2021;
27:3991-3996. [PMID:
33405305 PMCID:
PMC7986761 DOI:
10.1002/chem.202004945]
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Abstract
The synthesis and characterization of a hetero‐dinuclear compound is presented, in which a copper(I) trishistidine type coordination unit is positioned directly above a zinc porphyrin unit. The close distance between the two coordination fragments is secured by a rigid xanthene backbone, and a unique (intramolecular) copper porphyrin‐π‐bond was determined for the first time in the molecular structure. This structural motif was further analyzed by temperature‐dependent NMR studies: In solution at room temperature the coordinative bond fluctuates, while it can be frozen at low temperatures. Preliminary reactivity studies revealed a reduced reactivity of the copper(I) moiety towards dioxygen. The results adumbrate why nature is avoiding metal porphyrin‐π‐bonds by fixing reactive metal centers in a predetermined distance to each other within multimetallic enzymatic reaction centers.
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