Screening of different interactions in oxo-manganese porphyrin dimers containing axial N-donor ligands: a theoretical study

A DFT analysis for describing the dimeric assemblies of high-valent manganese(v)-oxo meso-tetraphenylporphyrin ([(TPP)Mn^VO]₂²⁺) and meso-tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin ([(TPFPP)Mn^VO]₂²⁺) in the presence of axial N-donor ligands is presented.

Biomimetic Reactivity of Oxygen-Derived Manganese and Iron Porphyrinoid Complexes

Heme proteins utilize the heme cofactor, an iron porphyrin, to perform a diverse range of reactions including dioxygen binding and transport, electron transfer, and oxidation/oxygenations. These reactions share several key metalloporphyrin intermediates, typically derived from dioxygen and its congeners such as hydrogen peroxide. These species are composed of metal-dioxygen, metal-superoxo, metal-peroxo, and metal-oxo adducts. A wide variety of synthetic metalloporphyrinoid complexes have been synthesized to generate and stabilize these intermediates. These complexes have been studied to determine the spectroscopic features, structures, and reactivities of such species in controlled and well-defined environments. In this Review, we summarize recent findings on the reactivity of these species with common porphyrinoid scaffolds employed for biomimetic studies. The proposed mechanisms of action are emphasized. This Review is organized by structural type of metal-oxygen intermediate and broken into subsections based on the metal (manganese and iron) and porphyrinoid ligand (porphyrin, corrole, and corrolazine).

Significant hydrogen-bonding effect on the reactivity of high-valent manganese(V)–oxo porphyrins in C–H bond activation: A DFT study

The stereo electronic effects as well as hydrogen bonding effects of imidazole, pyridine and 2,6-dimethylpyridine as N-donor axial ligands on the C–H oxidation activity of high-valent manganese(V)–oxo meso-tetraphenylporphyrin (TPP) and meso-tetrakis(pentaflourophenyl)porphyrin (TPFPP), are investigated by DFT calculations. The electronic and steric properties of axial donors and porphyrin ligands affected on the activation energy of cyclohexane hydroxylation as well as the Mn–O bond strength of the oxo species in transition state. Imidazole with the strong [Formula: see text]-donating ability and the least steric hindrance showed greater co-catalytic activity than those of pyridine and in particularly hindered 2,6-Me2 pyridine in the presence of simple [(TPP)MnO][Formula: see text]. Nevertheless, the C–H bond activation by hindered and electron-deficient perfluorinated catalyst [(TPFPP)MnO][Formula: see text] is in the order of pyridine >2, 6-Me2 pyridine >imidazole. AIM analysis showed hydrogen bonding (HB) between the C–H [Formula: see text] bonds of pyridine (C[Formula: see text]-H of ring) and 2,6-Me2Py (C[Formula: see text]-H of methyl groups) with ortho-C–F bond of phenyl rings of TPFPP in Mn[Formula: see text]O species (C–H…..F–C hydrogen bond) which might be responsible for this unusual behavior. These results are supported by natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis.

Stereoelectronic effects of porphyrin ligand on the oxygen transfer efficiency of high valent manganese-oxo porphyrin species: A DFT study

The structure and properties of the N[Formula: see text]–Mn–O bonds of high valent manganese-oxo of the second and third generation porphyrins in the presence of imidazole have been studied by means of density functional (DFT) method with 6-31G* basis set in the gas phase as well as water solution. The geometric structures, frontier molecular orbitals, thermodynamic parameters, aromaticity indices and physical properties such as chemical potential and chemical hardness of [(TPP)(ImH)MnO][Formula: see text] and its derivatives were calculated. The obtained results showed that [(TPP)(ImH)MnO][Formula: see text] bearing halogen atoms at the [Formula: see text]-pyrrole positions had a saddle conformation with low Mn–O strength. The electron density ([Formula: see text] and Laplacian ([Formula: see text] properties at critical points of the N[Formula: see text]–Mn–O bonds, estimated by AIM calculations, indicate that Mn–O bonds in third generation porphyrins have lower [Formula: see text] and Mn–N[Formula: see text] distances have higher [Formula: see text] than the second generation ones. The calculations of aromaticity indices for chelated rings at the porphyrin center show that HOMA and NICS in third generation porphyrins are generally lower than that of second ones which is in agreement with their saddle conformation. These results are supported by natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis.