Nickel–iron–sulfur complexes: approaching structural analogues of the active sites of NiFe-hydrogenase and carbon monoxide dehydrogenase/acetyl-CoA synthase

Matt C. Smith, J. Elaine Barclay, Stephen P. Cramer, Sian C. Davies, Wei-Wei Gu, David L. Hughes, Steven Longhurst, David J. Evans
2002 Journal of the Chemical Society. Dalton Transactions  
The NiFe-dinuclear complexes [{Fe(NS 3 )(CO) 2 -S,SЈ}NiCl(dppe)] 1, [{Fe(NS 3 3Ϫ ) as chelate ligands to nickel. Crystal structure characterisation has been carried out on 1, 3 and 5. The spectroscopic properties of the complexes have been measured. Complex 1 is a good structural analogue of the active form of the active site of NiFe-hydrogenase. Complexes 1-5 also show features related to the active sites of the nickel enzymes carbon monoxide dehydrogenase and acetyl-CoA synthase. Results and
more » ... iscussion Synthesis The reaction, under a CO atmosphere, of [NiCl 2 (dppe)] with [NEt 4 ][Fe(NS 3 )(CO)] gave the dinuclear complex [{Fe(NS 3 )-DALTON
doi:10.1039/b201578c fatcat:k3au2rjrx5a3dd4alryrru4hmm