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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
卷 14, 期 31, 页码 9714-9729出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200800799
关键词
copper; hydroxylation; N ligands; O-O activation; reaction mechanisms
资金
- CAU Kiel
- COST D21
Detailed mechanistic studies on the ligand hydroxylation reaction mediated by a copper bis(imine) complex are presented. Starting from a structural analysis of the Cut complex and the Cu-II product with a hydroxylated ligand, the optical absorption and vibrational spectra of starting material and product are analyzed. Kinetic analysis of the ligand hydroxylation reaction shows that O-2 binding is the rate-limiting step. The reaction proceeds much faster in methanol than in acetonitrile. Moreover, an inverse kinetic isotope effect (KIE) is evidenced for the reaction in acetonitrile, which is attributed to a sterically congested transition state leading to the peroxo adduct. In methanol, however, no KIE is observed. A DFT analysis of the oxygenation reaction mediated by the mu-eta(2):eta(2) peroxo core demonstrates that the major barrier after O-2 binding corresponds to electrophilic attack on the arene ring. The relevant orbital interaction occurs between the sigma* orbital of the Cu2O2 unit and the HOMO of the ligand. On the basis of the activation energy for the rate-limiting step (18.3 kcalmol(-1)) this reaction is thermally allowed, in agreement with the experimental observation. The calculations also predict the presence of a stable dienone intermediate which, however, escaped experimental detection so far. Reasons for these findings are considered. The implications of the results for the mechanism of tyrosinase are discussed.
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