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Role of carboxylate bridges in modulating nonheme diiron(II)/O(2) reactivity
Miquel Costas1, Clyde W Cady, Sergey V Kryatov
1Department of Chemistry and Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
Abstract:
A series of diiron(II) complexes of the dinucleating ligand HPTP (N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)-2-hydroxy-1,3-diaminopropane) with one or two supporting carboxylate bridges has been synthesized and characterized. The crystal structure of one member of each subset has been obtained to reveal for subset A a (micro-alkoxo)(micro-carboxylato)diiron(II) center with one five- and one six-coordinate metal ion and for subset B a coordinatively saturated (micro-alkoxo)bis(micro-carboxylato)diiron(II) center. These complexes react with O(2) in second-order processes to form adducts characterized as (micro-1,2-peroxo)diiron(III) complexes. Stopped-flow kinetic studies show that the oxygenation step is sensitive to the availability of an O(2) binding site on the diiron(II) center, as subset B reacts more slowly by an order of magnitude. The lifetimes of the O(2) adducts are also distinct and can be modulated by the addition of oxygen donor ligands. The O(2) adduct of a monocarboxylate complex decays by a fast second-order process that must be monitored by stopped-flow methods, but becomes stabilized in CH(2)Cl(2)/DMSO (9:1 v/v) and decomposes by a much slower first-order process. The O(2) adduct of a dicarboxylate complex is even more stable in pure CH(2)Cl(2) and decays by a first-order process. These differences in adduct stability are reflected in the observation that only the O(2) adducts of monocarboxylate complexes can oxidize substrates, and only those substrates that can bind to the diiron center. Thus, the much greater stability of the O(2) adducts of dicarboxylate complexes can be rationalized by the formation of a (micro-alkoxo)(micro-1,2-peroxo)diiron(III) complex wherein the carboxylate bridges in the diiron(II) complex become terminal ligands in the O(2) adduct, occupy the remaining coordination sites on the diiron center, and prevent binding of potential substrates. Implications for the oxidation mechanisms of nonheme diiron enzymes are discussed.
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