Synthesis, X-ray crystal structure, and solution behavior of Fe(NO)2(1-MeIm)2:: Implications for nitrosyl non-heme-iron complexes with g=2.03
Synthesis, X-ray crystal structure, and solution behavior of Fe(NO)2(1-MeIm)2:: Implications for nitrosyl non-heme-iron complexes with g=2.03
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DOI:
10.1021/ja982491h
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发表时间:
1999-11-03
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15
通讯作者:
Li, LJ
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作者:
Reginato, N;McCrory, CTC;Li, LJ
The biological importance of nitric oxide (NO) has attracted much attention in the past decade. 1, 2 Extensive EPR studies have identified nitrosyl non-heme-iron complexes as products after biosynthetic evolution of NO in vitro, 3-6 and from the addition of NO to iron-centered proteins. 7, 8 Muller et al. 9 and other groups10, 11 have also reported evidence for nitric oxide storage as nitrosyl non-heme-iron complexes. Recently, a light-sensitive nitrile hydratase from Rhodococuss sp. N771 was found to have an NO molecule bound to the non-heme-iron center. 12 This enzyme is activated upon irradiation, followed by the release of NO from the iron center. These nitrosyl non-heme-iron complexes are paramagnetic complexes of the type “Fe (NO) 2”, more commonly referred to as “g) 2.03” complexes because of their characteristic isotropic g-factor. However, the isolation and structural determination of these compounds by means other than IR and EPR are both extremely tedious and difficult, and to our knowledge none are known. To gain understanding of the structures of these nitrosyl non-heme-iron complexes, we have recently isolated the first non-heme-iron complex that incorporates an imidazole moiety as well as nitrosyl ligands and is of the g) 2.03 family. Here we report the synthesis, X-ray crystal structure, and NMR and EPR studies of Fe (NO) 2 (1-methylimidazole) 2 (1). Syntheses were carried out under dry nitrogen atmosphere using glovebag and drybox techniques. Reactions of Fe (NO) 2 (CO) 2 (1.82× 10-3 mol) and excess of 1-methylimidazole (3.77× 10-3 mol) were carried out in diethyl ether in test tubes with ground glass joints which were stoppered with Teflon valve stopcocks. The reactions were very rapid, changing color from red to green immediately and with gas evolution. After 1 h, green crystals formed that were of X-ray crystallographic quality. 13 These crystals were placed under paraffin oil which had been previously degassed and dried over sodium. One was selected and sealed in a capillary tube under nitrogen.The X-ray crystal structure14 of 1, shown in Figure 1, provides the first direct structural insight concerning the “2.03” family of non-heme-iron nitrosyls. Compound 1 is monoclinic and crystallizes in a C2/c space group, with eight molecules per unit cell. The complex is pseudo-tetrahedral with a d10 iron center. The nitrosyl groups are linear (167.5 (3), 170.1 (3)). The Fe-N (1) and Fe-N (2) bond distances of the nitrosyls are 1.648 (3) and 1.650 (3) Å, respectively. The Fe-NO groups are bent symmetrically, with a O-Fe-O angle of 107.3, as compared with the N (NO)-Fe-N (NO) angle of 116.6. This is considered an “attracto” conformation because the NMN bond angle is less than 130 and the two oxygen atoms bend toward each other. 15 “Attracto” conformations are generally favored for first-row transition-metal dinitrosyls containing ligands that are good π-acceptors. 16 The dihedral angel between the planes of the two 1-methylimidazole ligands is 106.7. The Fe-N (3) and Fe-N (5) bond distances of the 1-methylimidazole are 2.048 (3) and 2.044-(3) Å, respectively. Crystal packing reveals a layering of nitrosyl ligands and a layering between imidazole ligands, both down the bc plane. This crystal structure can be compared with the tetrahedral compound [(DAD) Fe (NO) 2](DAD) diazadiene), in which the Fe-NO distances and the Fe-N (DAD) distances are 1.642, 1.641 and 2.037, 2.043 Å, respectively. 17 It is also of interest to compare this structure with the 3, 5-dimethylpyrazolyl iron dinitrosyl dimer,[(N2C5H7) Fe (NO) 2] 2, in which the mean Fe-NO distance is 1.696 (2) Å and the mean Fe-N (pyrazolyl) distance is 2.009 (5) Å. 18 …