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Chirality and Isomerism in Binuclear Iron Complexes with Sulfur Ligands: [Fe(CO)(μ‐“S 4 ”)] 2 , a Model Complex for Oxidoreductases
Author(s) -
Sellmann Dieter,
Weiss Robert,
Knoch Falk
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198917031
Subject(s) - chirality (physics) , hydrogenase , chemistry , sulfur , nitrogenase , metalloprotein , crystallography , stereochemistry , metal , bioinorganic chemistry , hydrogen , nitrogen , physics , organic chemistry , chiral symmetry breaking , quantum mechanics , nitrogen fixation , nambu–jona lasinio model , quark
Metal atoms at the active centers of oxidoreductases must be chirotopic. In the course of a search for model complexes for nitrogenases and hydrogenases, a new type of chiral complex was discovered, represented by the complex 1 . It was obtained by coupling two homochiral [Fe(CO)(“S 4 ”)] fragments, and it contains Fe centers that are capable of binding σ‐π ligands. This complex may thus be regarded as one segment of a metalloprotein structure. (“S 4 ”) 2⊖ = 2,2′‐(ethylenedithio)dibenzene thiolate.