title: Interaction of nitrogen bases with iron-porphyrin nitrito complexes Fe(Por)(ONO) in sublimed solids.
abstract: The reactions of the nitrogen Lewis bases (B) 1-methylimidazole (1-MeIm), pyridine (Py), and NH3 as gases with sublimed layers containing the 5-coordinate nitrito iron(III)-porphyrinato complexes Fe(Por)(eta1-ONO) (1) are described (Por = meso-tetraphenyl-porphyrinato or meso-tetra-p-tolyl-porphyrinato dianions). In situ FTIR and optical spectra are used to characterize the formation of the 6-coordinate nitro complexes formed by the reaction of 1 with B = 1-MeIm, Py, or NH3. These represent the first examples of 6-coordinate amino-nitro complexes with sterically unprotected iron-porphyrins. The interaction of ammonia with Fe(Por)(ONO) at 140 K initially led to the nitrito species Fe(Por)(NH3)(eta1-ONO), and this species isomerized to the nitro complexes Fe(Por)(NH3)(eta1-NO2) upon warming to 180 K. When the latter were warmed to room temperature under intense pumping, the initial nitrito complexes Fe(Por)(eta1-ONO) were restored. Assignments of vibrational frequencies for the coordinated nitro group in 6-coordinate iron-porphyrin complexes are given and confirmed using 15N-labeled nitrogen dioxide to identify characteristic infrared bands. For M(Por)(B)(NO2) complexes (M = Fe or Co), an inverse correlation between the net charge transfer from the axial ligand B to the nitro group and the value of Deltanu = nua(NO2) - nus(NO2) is proposed. These observations are discussed in the context of growing interest in potential physiological roles of nitrite ion reactions with ferro- and ferri-heme proteins.
authors.affiliation: Molecule Structure Research Centre (MSRC) NAS, 375014, Yerevan, Armenia. kurto@netsys.am
authors.forename: Tigran S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kurtikyan
authors.forename: Astghik A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hovhannisyan
authors.forename: Gurgen M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Gulyan
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000737:chemistry*; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D000074706:Sublimation, Chemical
chemical_list: D005290:Ferric Compounds; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011166:Porphyrins