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Crystallographic Characterization of a Fully Rotated, Basic Diiron Dithiolate: Model for the H red State?
Author(s) -
Wang Wenguang,
Rauchfuss Thomas B.,
Moore Curtis E.,
Rheingold Arnold L.,
De Gioia Luca,
Zampella Giuseppe
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201303351
Subject(s) - state (computer science) , computer science , characterization (materials science) , service (business) , information retrieval , steric effects , crystallography , chemistry , algorithm , nanotechnology , stereochemistry , materials science , business , marketing
A lucky break : A combination of steric pressure and electron asymmetry has provided the first example of a diiron dithiolate that is both rotated and basic. The present work establishes the feasibility of a hydride free rotated structure for the H red state of the enzyme (see figure).