Osterloh Frank, Sanakis Yiannis, Staples Richard J, Münck Eckard, Holm Richard H
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 (USA), Fax: (+1) 617-496-9289.
Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (USA), Fax: (+1) 412-268-1061.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 1999 Jul 12;38(13-14):2066-2070. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990712)38:13/14<2066::AID-ANIE2066>3.0.CO;2-K.
Iron-molybdenum cofactor and P-cluster are two essential components of FeMo nitrogenases. A MoFeS cluster has now been synthesized whose fragments topologically resemble the P-cluster of nitrogenase. The new compound (see picture) was characterized by single-crystal X-ray structure analysis and Moessbauer spectroscopy.
