title: Properties of square-pyramidal alkyl-thiolate Fe(III) complexes, including an analogue of the unmodified form of nitrile hydratase.
abstract: The syntheses and structures of three new coordinatively unsaturated, monomeric, square-pyramidal thiolate-ligated Fe(III) complexes are described, [Fe(III)((tame-N(3))S(2)(Me2))](+) (1), [Fe(III)(Et-N(2)S(2)(Me2))(py)](1-) (3), and [Fe(III)((tame-N(2)S)S(2)(Me2))](2-) (15). The anionic bis-carboxamide, tris-thiolate N(2)S(3) coordination sphere of 15 is potentially similar to that of the yet-to-be characterized unmodified form of NHase. Comparison of the magnetic and reactivity properties of these reveals how anionic charge build up (from cationic 1 to anionic 3 and dianionic 15) and spin-state influence apical ligand affinity. For all of the ligand-field combinations examined, an intermediate S = 3/2 spin state was shown to be favored by a strong N(2)S(2) basal plane ligand field, and this was found to reduce the affinity for apical ligands, even when they are built in. This is in contrast to the post-translationally modified NHase active site, which is low spin and displays a higher affinity for apical ligands. Cationic 1 and its reduced Fe(II) precursor are shown to bind NO and CO, respectively, to afford [Fe(III)((tame-N(3))S(2)(Me))(NO)](+) (18, nu(NuO) = 1865 cm(-1)), an analogue of NO-inactivated NHase, and [Fe(II)((tame-N(3))S(2)(Me))(CO)] (16; nu(CO) stretch (1895 cm(-1)). Anions (N(3)(-), CN(-)) are shown to be unreactive toward 1, 3, and 15 and neutral ligands unreactive toward 3 and 15, even when present in 100-fold excess and at low temperatures. The curtailed reactivity of 15, an analogue of the unmodified form of NHase, and its apical-oxygenated S = 3/2 derivative [Fe(III)((tame-N(2)SO(2))S(2)(Me2))](2-) (20) suggests that regioselective post-translational oxygenation of the basal plane NHase cysteinate sulfurs plays an important role in promoting substrate binding. This is supported by previously reported theoretical (DFT) calculations.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Box 351700 Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, USA.
authors.forename: Priscilla
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lugo-Mas
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schweitzer
authors.forename: Roslyn M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Theisen
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shearer
authors.forename: Rodney D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Swartz
authors.forename: Morgan C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gleaves
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dipasquale
authors.forename: Werner
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authors.lastname: Kaminsky
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kovacs
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004583:Electrons; D006836:Hydro-Lyases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D008280:Magnetics; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D007501:Iron; D006836:Hydro-Lyases; C048831:nitrile hydratase