title: Assembly of unusual Zn-cluster compounds based on pyridinealcohol platforms.
abstract: The assembly formation of Zn cluster compounds comprising pyridinealcohol ligands is described and their solution and solid state features have been determined using NMR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. The di-Zn complex 5 and tetra-Zn complex 7 may serve as accessible structural models for the active site of various multinuclear Zn-containing metalloenzymes. Their phosphoester cleavage activity was tested and correlated with their dynamic structural features.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007, Tarragona, Spain.
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anselmo
authors.forename: Eduardo C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Escudero-Adán
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Benet-Buchholz
authors.forename: Arjan W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Kleij
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004798:Enzymes / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D011725:Pyridines / Q000737:chemistry*; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D004798:Enzymes; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011725:Pyridines; D015032:Zinc