Abstract
A facial tridentate ligand is a key feature of iron catecholate complexes that elicit extradiol cleavage of catechols (see picture). The facial geometry allows O2 and the catecholate dianion to form a tridentate intermediate on the opposite face. Accordingly, complexes of a meridional tridentate ligand do not elicit any extradiol cleavage but instead yield quinone or result in intradiol cleavage.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4284-4287 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 23 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 4 2000 |
Keywords
- Bioinorganic chemistry
- Coordination chemistry
- Enzyme models
- Iron
- Tridentate ligands