Boudalis, Athanassios K. and Aston, Robyn E. and Smith, Sarah J. and Mirams, Ruth E. and Riley, Mark J. and Schenk, Gerhard and Blackman, Allan G. and Hanton, Lyall R. and Gahan, Lawrence R. (2007) Synthesis and characterization of the tetranuclear iron(III) complex of a new asymmetric multidentate ligand. A structural model for purple acid phosphatases. Dalton Transactions. pp. 5132-5139. ISSN 1477-9226

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Abstract

The ligand, 2-((2-hydroxy-5-methyl-3-((pyridin-2-ylmethylamino)methyl)benzyl)(2-hydroxybenzyl)amino)acetic acid (H3HPBA), which contains a donor atom set that mimics that of the active site of purple acid phosphatase is described. Reaction of H3HPBA with iron(III) or iron(II) salts results in formation of the tetranuclear complex, [Fe4(HPBA)2(OAc)2(µ-O)(µ-OH)(OH2)2]ClO4·5H2O. X-Ray structural analysis reveals the cation consists of four iron(III) ions, two HPBA3− ligands, two bridging acetate ligands, a bridging oxide ion and a bridging hydroxide ion. Each binucleating HPBA3− ligand coordinates two structurally distinct hexacoordinate iron(III) ions. The two metal ions coordinated to a HPBA3− ligand are linked to the two iron(III) metal ions of a second, similar binuclear unit by intramolecular oxide and hydroxide bridging moieties to form a tetramer. The complex has been further characterised by elemental analysis, mass spectrometry, UV-vis and MCD spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, magnetic susceptibility measurements and variable-temperature Mössbauer spectroscopy.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	tetranuclear iron(III) complex; asymmetric multidentate ligand; purple acid phosphatases;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Chemistry
Item ID:	3690
Depositing User:	Gary Schenk
Date Deposited:	28 May 2012 16:02
Journal or Publication Title:	Dalton Transactions
Publisher:	Royal Society of Chemistry
Refereed:	Yes
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Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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