TY - JOUR
T1 - Dioxygen activation chemistry by synthetic mononuclear nonheme iron, copper and chromium complexes
AU - Hong, Seungwoo
AU - Lee, Yong Min
AU - Ray, Kallol
AU - Nam, Wonwoo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2017/3/1
Y1 - 2017/3/1
N2 - The activation of dioxygen (O2) by metalloenzymes proceeds by binding O2 at their active sites and then generating highly reactive, thermally unstable metal-oxygen intermediates, such as metal-superoxo, -(hydro)peroxo and -oxo species, via electron and proton transfer reactions. The synthesis, characterization and reactivity studies of the chemical model compounds of the key metal-oxygen intermediates can provide vital insights into the chemistry of such enzymatic reactions, and our understanding of the biologically important metal-oxygen intermediates has improved greatly by the success of synthesizing their analogues recently. In this article, we provide a focused review on the recent advances in the dioxygen activation processes at biomimetic iron, copper and chromium centers, paying particular emphasis to the factors that control the O2-activation reactions, such as the effects of ligands, redox potentials and spin-states of biomimetic compounds. Among the most significant findings of these studies are the use of O2 as an oxygen source in the generation of iron-oxygen intermediates and the autocatalytic radical chain reactions involved in the iron-mediated O2-activation processes. Similarly, new approaches to achieve less overpotential have been identified, which is more desirable for the catalytic four-electron reduction of O2 using copper complexes. In addition, the versatility of metal-superoxo species as reactive intermediates in various oxidation reactions has been elegantly demonstrated in the recent synthesis of a mononuclear nonheme chromium(III)-superoxo complex. This review will provide clues that lesson us how synthetic and mechanistic developments in biomimetic research can advance our understanding of O2-activation processes in enzymatic reactions.
AB - The activation of dioxygen (O2) by metalloenzymes proceeds by binding O2 at their active sites and then generating highly reactive, thermally unstable metal-oxygen intermediates, such as metal-superoxo, -(hydro)peroxo and -oxo species, via electron and proton transfer reactions. The synthesis, characterization and reactivity studies of the chemical model compounds of the key metal-oxygen intermediates can provide vital insights into the chemistry of such enzymatic reactions, and our understanding of the biologically important metal-oxygen intermediates has improved greatly by the success of synthesizing their analogues recently. In this article, we provide a focused review on the recent advances in the dioxygen activation processes at biomimetic iron, copper and chromium centers, paying particular emphasis to the factors that control the O2-activation reactions, such as the effects of ligands, redox potentials and spin-states of biomimetic compounds. Among the most significant findings of these studies are the use of O2 as an oxygen source in the generation of iron-oxygen intermediates and the autocatalytic radical chain reactions involved in the iron-mediated O2-activation processes. Similarly, new approaches to achieve less overpotential have been identified, which is more desirable for the catalytic four-electron reduction of O2 using copper complexes. In addition, the versatility of metal-superoxo species as reactive intermediates in various oxidation reactions has been elegantly demonstrated in the recent synthesis of a mononuclear nonheme chromium(III)-superoxo complex. This review will provide clues that lesson us how synthetic and mechanistic developments in biomimetic research can advance our understanding of O2-activation processes in enzymatic reactions.
KW - Biomimetics
KW - Dioxygen activation
KW - Metal-oxygen intermediate
KW - Metalloenzymes
KW - Nonheme models
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.07.006
DO - 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.07.006
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84981711283
SN - 0010-8545
VL - 334
SP - 25
EP - 42
JO - Coordination Chemistry Reviews
JF - Coordination Chemistry Reviews
ER -