Novel Fe
IIIFe
III andFe
IIFe
III complexes[Fe
2(BBPMP)(
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-OAc)(
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-X)]
n(
1, X = OAc
-,
n = 1+;
2, X = OH
-,
n =1+;
3, X = OAc
-,
n = 0;
4, X = OH
-,
n = 0), whereBBPMP
3- is the anion of2,6-bis[(2-hydroxybenzyl)(2-pyridylmethyl)aminomethyl]-4-methylphenol, and OAc
-is acetate, were prepared in order to provide models forthe active site of purple acid phosphatases (PAPs). Complex
1 was obtained by the reaction of H
3BBPMPwithFe(ClO
4)
2·6H
2O inmethanol and sodium acetate trihydrate under ambient conditions, whilecomplex
3 wassynthesized as described for
1, under an argon atmospherewith low levels of dioxygen.
2 was isolated from
1in acetonitrile by a substitution of the bridging acetate group byhydroxide, while
4 was generated in solutionduring a spectropotentiostatic experiment on
2, under argon.Complex
1,[Fe
III2(BBPMP)(
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-OAc)
2]ClO
4·H
2O,has been characterized by X-ray crystallography. Crystal data:monoclinic, space group
P2
1/
n,
a = 14.863(5) Å,
b = 12.315(3) Å,
c = 20.872(8) Å,
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= 90.83(3)
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,
Z = 4. IR, Mössbauer,magnetic, electronic absorption, andelectrochemical properties of
1-
3 have beeninvestigated, and some of these properties represent acontributionto the understanding of the dinuclear iron center of PAPs.Complexes
2,[Fe
III2(BBPMP)(
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-OAc)(
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-OH)]ClO
4(
max = 568 nm/
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= 4760M
-1 cm
-1), and
4[Fe
IIFe
III(BBPMP)(
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-OAc)(
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-OH)](
max = 516 nm/
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= 4560M
-1cm
-1), constitute good synthetic analoguesfor the chromophoric site for the oxidized and reducedforms,respectively, of the enzyme.