I
n this paper, we describe the sy
nthesis a
nd study of a series of heme/
no
n-heme Fe-O-Fe' complexes supportedby a porphyri
n a
nd the tripodal
nitroge
n liga
nd TMPA [TMPA = tris(2-pyridylmethyl)ami
ne]. The complete sy
nthesisof [(
6L)Fe-O-Fe(X)]
+ (
1) (X = OMe
- or Cl
-, 69:31 ratio), where
6L is the dia
nio
n of 5-(
o-
O-[(
N,
N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-2-(6-methoxyl)pyridi
nemetha
nami
ne)phe
nyl]-10,15,20-tris(2,6-difluorophe
nyl)porphi
ne, is reported. The crystal structurefor
1·PF
6 reveals a
n i
ntra
molecular heme/
no
n-heme diferric complex bridged by a
n Fe-O-Fe'
moiety;
ntities/a
ng.gif">(Fe-O-Fe') = 166.7(3)
ntities/deg.gif">, a
nd
d(Fe···Fe') = 3.556 &Ari
ng;. Crystal data for C
70H
57ClF
12Fe
2N
8O
3P (
1·PF
6): tricli
nic,
Pntities/o
nemacr.gif">,
a =13.185(3) &Ari
ng;,
b = 14.590 (3) &Ari
ng;,
c = 16.885(4) &Ari
ng;,
= 104.219(4)
ntities/deg.gif">,
= 91.572(4)
ntities/deg.gif">,
= 107.907(4)
ntities/deg.gif">,
V =2977.3(11) &Ari
ng;
3,
Z = 2,
T = 150(2) K. Complex
1 (where X = Cl
-) is further characterized by UV-vis (
max = 328,416 (Soret), 569
nm),
1H NMR (
27-24 [TMPA -CH
2-], 16.1 [pyrrole-H], 15.2-10.5 [PY-3H, PY-5H], 7.9-7.2 [
m-a
nd
p-phe
nyl-H], 6.9-5.8 [PY-4H] ppm), reso
na
nce Rama
n (
nu.gif" BORDER=0 >
as(Fe-O-Fe') 844 cm
-1), a
nd Mössbauer (
Fe =0.47, 0.41 mm/s;
EA = 1.59, 0.55 mm/s; 80 K) spectroscopies, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry (
m/
z 1202), a
ndSQUID susceptometry (
J = - 114.82 cm
-1,
S = 0). We have also sy
nthesized a series of 3-, 4-, a
nd 5-methyl-substituted as well as selectively deuterated TMPA(Fe') complexes a
nd co
nde
nsed these with the hydroxo complex(F
8)FeOH or (F
8-
d8)FeOH to yield "u
ntethered" Fe-O-Fe' a
nalogues. Alo
ng with selective deuteratio
n of the methyle
nehydroge
ns i
n TMPA, complete
1H NMR spectroscopic assig
nme
nts for
1 have bee
n accomplished. The mag
neticproperties of several of the u
ntethered complexes a
nd a compariso
n to those of
1 are also prese
nted. Complex
1a
nd related species represe
nt good structural a
nd spectroscopic
models for the heme/
no
n-heme diiro
n active sitei
n the e
nzyme
nitric oxide reductase.