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Influence of water on the formation of O2-reactive divalent metal enolate complexes of relevance to acireductone dioxygenases
Grubel, Katarzyna,Ingle, Gajendrasingh K.,Fuller, Amy L.,Arif, Atta M.,Berreau, Lisa M.
, p. 10609 - 10620 (2011)
Reaction conditions were evaluated for the preparation of [(6-PhTPA)Ni(PhC(O)C(OH)C(O)Ph)]ClO4 (3) and [(6-Ph 2TPA)Co(PhC(O)C(OH)C(O)Ph)]ClO4 (7), two complexes of structural relevance to the enzyme/substrate (ES) adduct in Ni(ii)- and Co(ii)-containing forms of acireductone dioxygenase. The presence of water in reactions directed at the preparation of 3 and 7 was found to result in isomerization of the enolate precursor 2-hydroxy-1,3-diphenylpropane-1,3-dione to give the ester 2-oxo-2-phenylethylbenzoate. Performing synthetic procedures under dryer conditions reduced the amount of ester production and enabled the isolation of 3 in high yield. This complex was comprehensively characterized, including by X-ray crystallography. Using similar conditions for the 6-Ph 2TPACo-containing system, the amount of ester generated was only modestly affected, but the formation of a benzoate complex ([(6-Ph 2TPA)Co(O2CPh)]ClO4, 10) resulting from ester hydrolysis was prevented. The best preparation of 7 was found to involve dry conditions and short reaction times. The approach outlined herein toward determining appropriate reaction conditions for the preparation of 3 and 7 involved the preparation and characterization of several air-stable (6-PhTPA)Ni- and (6-Ph2TPA)Co-containing analog complexes having enolate, solvent, and benzoate ligands. These complexes were used as paramagnetic 1H NMR standards for evaluation of reaction mixtures containing 3 and 7.
