Kal Subhasree, Que Lawrence
Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 207 Pleasant Street SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2019 Jun 17;58(25):8484-8488. doi: 10.1002/anie.201903465. Epub 2019 May 9.
Non-heme iron oxygenases contain either monoiron or diiron active sites, and the role of the second iron in the latter enzymes is a topic of particular interest, especially for soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO). Herein we report the activation of a non-heme Fe -OOH intermediate in a synthetic monoiron system using Fe (OTf) to form a high-valent oxidant capable of effecting cyclohexane and benzene hydroxylation within seconds at -40 °C. Our results show that the second iron acts as a Lewis acid to activate the iron-hydroperoxo intermediate, leading to the formation of a powerful Fe =O oxidant-a possible role for the second iron in sMMO.
非血红素铁氧化酶含有单铁或双铁活性位点,后一种酶中第二个铁的作用是一个特别受关注的话题,尤其是对于可溶性甲烷单加氧酶(sMMO)而言。在此我们报道了在一个合成单铁体系中使用Fe(OTf)激活非血红素Fe -OOH中间体,以形成一种高价态氧化剂,该氧化剂能够在-40°C下数秒内实现环己烷和苯的羟基化。我们的结果表明,第二个铁作为路易斯酸来激活铁-氢过氧中间体,导致形成一种强大的Fe =O氧化剂——这可能是第二个铁在sMMO中的作用。