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Oxygenative Cleavage of Chlorocatechols with Molecular Oxygen Catalyzed by Non‐Heme Iron( III ) Complexes and Its Relevance to Chlorocatechol Dioxygenases
Author(s) -
Funabiki Takuzo,
Yamazaki Tamio,
Fukui Atsushi,
Tanaka Tsunehiro,
Yoshida Satohiro
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19980302)37:4<513::aid-anie513>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - chemistry , heme , catalysis , molecular oxygen , combinatorial chemistry , oxygen , cleavage (geology) , enzyme , organic chemistry , stereochemistry , materials science , fracture (geology) , composite material
The degradation of halogenated arenes , which are considered as hazardous compounds from a toxicological and environmental point of view, can be effected by non‐heme iron enzymes such as chlorocatechol dioxygenases. In principle, this process of biological oxygenation mimics the reaction of the iron complex shown below [Eq. (a); Py=2‐pyridyl].