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A Facially Coordinating Tris‐Benzimidazole Ligand for Nonheme Iron Enzyme Models
Author(s) -
Gunasekera Parami S.,
Abhyankar Preshit C.,
MacMillan Samantha N.,
Lacy David C.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.202000984
Subject(s) - chemistry , benzimidazole , tris , ligand (biochemistry) , tripodal ligand , coordination complex , substrate (aquarium) , combinatorial chemistry , oxygenase , stereochemistry , enzyme , metal , organic chemistry , biochemistry , receptor , oceanography , geology
Herein, we report a new tripodal tris‐benzimidazole ligand ( Tbim ) that structurally mimics the 3‐His coordination environment of certain nonheme mononuclear iron oxygenases. The coordination chemistry of Tbim was explored with iron(II) revealing a diverse set of coordination modes. The aerobic oxidation of biomimetic model substrate diethyl‐2‐phenylmalonate was studied using the Tbim −Fe and Fe(OTf) 2 .