Oxidative decarboxylation of alpha-hydroxy acids by a functional model of the nonheme iron oxygenase, CloR.
Iron(II)-alpha-hydroxy acid complexes of a tripodal N4 ligand undergo oxidative decarboxylation upon exposure to O(2) and mimic the aliphatic C1-C2 cleavage step catalyzed by CloR.
Paine
Tapan Kanti
TK
Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A&2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata-700032, India. ictkp@iacs.res.in
Paria
Sayantan
S
Que
Lawrence
L
D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D008333:Mandelic Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
D008333:Mandelic Acids; D007501:Iron; D010105:Oxygenases; C037938:mandelic acid