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Small Reorganization Energy for Ligand-Centered Electron-Transfer Reduction of Compound I to Compound II in a Heme
Nami Fukui1, Xiao-Xi Li2, Wonwoo Nam2
1Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences , Nara Women's University , Nara 650-8506 , Japan.
Abstract:
The electron-transfer (ET) processes from electron-donor substrates to oxoiron(IV) porphyrin π-cation-radical species (Cpd I) are key steps in their oxygenation reactions. Here, we have evaluated the rate constants of the outer-sphere ET reduction of Cpd I model complexes of meso-tetramesitylporphyrin (1) and 2,7,12,17-tetramesityl-3,8,13,18-tetramethylporphyrin (2) in light of the Marcus theory of ET to determine the ET reorganization energies (λ). The λ values of the ligand-centered ET reduction of Cpd I model complexes are much smaller than those of the metal-centered ET reduction of various oxoiron(IV) complexes. Moreover, the λ value of 1 is larger than that of 2, resulting from the difference in the nature of the a1u/a2u porphyrin π-cation-radical orbitals.
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