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N2 O Reductase Activity of a [Cu4 S] Cluster in the 4CuI Redox State Modulated by Hydrogen Bond Donors and Proton Relays in the Secondary Coordination Sphere.


ABSTRACT: The model complex [Cu4 (μ4 -S)(dppa)4 ]2+ (1, dppa=μ2 -(Ph2 P)2 NH) has N2 O reductase activity in methanol solvent, mediating 2 H+ /2 e- reduction of N2 O to N2 +H2 O in the presence of an exogenous electron donor (CoCp2 ). A stoichiometric product with two deprotonated dppa ligands was characterized, indicating a key role of second-sphere N-H residues as proton donors during N2 O reduction. The activity of 1 towards N2 O was suppressed in solvents that are unable to provide hydrogen bonding to the second-sphere N-H groups. Structural and computational data indicate that second-sphere hydrogen bonding induces struct

SUBMITTER: Hsu CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6940516 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature