Quantum chemical approach to the assignment of iron-catecholate vibrations and isotopic substitution shifts
Quantum chemical approach to the assignment of iron-catecholate vibrations and isotopic substitution shifts
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DOI:
10.1021/ja953409a
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发表时间:
1996-04-03
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15
通讯作者:
MichaudSoret, I
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作者:
Ohrstrom, L;MichaudSoret, I
In this communication we report the use of quantum chemical model calculations to assign iron-catecholate vibrations and to get quantitative predictions of the isotopic shifts. This study will show how such a new approach may increase the potential of vibrational spectroscopy, 1-3 especially the resonance Raman technique, 4-7 in studies of metalloproteins. Full geometry optimizations and vibrational analyses were performed for catechol and [Fe (catecholate)] 2-, and with the latter, the 16/18O, 54/57Fe, and 1/2H isotopic substitution shifts were obtained. They were successfully matched to the experimental pattern (Figure 1) 6 and allowed more precise assignments of the observed bands. The great interest in these calculations stems from the use of catecholate type ligands as spectroscopic probes for non-heme iron proteins. 8-16 However, the assignment of the metal-catecholate vibrational frequencies is not straightforward, even with isotopic labeling. Particularly the nature of the CdO and FesO vibrations and the existence of a chelate vibration mode have been questioned. 6 Although the isotopic shifts can, in principle, be predicted after a complete normal coordinate analysis of the spectrum, this is not always possible. Then one often has to rely on the diatomic harmonic oscillator (DHO) for a rough estimation of the shifts, but this model has obvious shortcomings since it cannot take into account the true nature of the vibrations. 1 Density functional theory (DFT) calculations17 on free catechol gave a geometry18 and frequencies in good agreement with experimental data, as expected in view of recent results on related phenoxy systems. 19, 20 There is no complete consensus in the literature on the vibration modes in the experimental spectra, 21, 22 and we were able to verify and clarify the proposed assignments (see supporting information). To model the iron-catecholate bonding we used [Fe-(catecholate)] 2-. 23 This model fulfills the following criteria:(1) It allows for fast frequency evaluation on a relatively advanced theoretical level.(2) The catecholate remains in its original oxidation state.(3) The optimized geometry comes reasonably close to observed parameters for Fe (III)-catecholate complexes. 24 (4) The population analysis of the catecholate