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Hexanickel enediolate cluster generated in an acireductone dioxygenase model reaction
Rudzka, Katarzyna,Grubel, Katarzyna,Arif, Atta M.,Berreau, Lisa M.
, p. 7623 - 7625 (2010)
A nickel(II) enediolate cluster (2) forms upon treatment of [(6-Ph 2TPA)Ni(PhC(O)C(OH)C(O)Ph)]ClO4 (1) with Me4NOH 5H2O in CH3CN. Crystallographic studies of 2 revealed a hexanuclear structure of S6 symmetry with a formula of {[Ni(PhC(O)C(O)C(O)Ph)(CH3OH)] 1.33CH3OH}6. Because isolation of bulk amounts of 2 from the reaction involving 1 proved impossible, a solvation analogue of 2 (labeled 5) was generated from admixture of Ni(ClO4)2 6H2O, 2-hydroxy-1,3- diphenylpropane-1,3-dione, and Me4NOH 5H2O in CH 3OH/CH3CN. Complex 5 is formulated as {[Ni(PhC(O)C(O)C(O) Ph)(H2O)] H2O 0.25CH3CN}6 based on elemental analysis, a molecular weight determination, UV-vis, and a magnetic moment measurement. Treatment of 5 with O2 and 6-Ph2TPA (6 equiv) results in the formation of CO and [(6-Ph2TPA)Ni(O 2CPh)2(H2O)] (3), the latter of which was isolated in 69% yield. The level of 18O incorporation in this reaction matches that for a reaction wherein 2 is generated from 1. These results provide evidence that a nickel(II) enediolate cluster is the O 2 reactive species in a previously reported model reaction for nickel(II)-containing acireductone dioxygenase.