Syntheses and structures of magnesium pyridine thiolates - Model compounds for magnesium binding in photosystem I

Antonio Sousa Pedrares, Weijie Teng, Karin Ruhlandt-Senge

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Abstract

Novel magnesium pyridine-2-thiolates were prepared by using alkane elimination chemistry. The resulting complexes display a metal coordination environment composed of sulfur/nitrogen bonding from the intramolecularly stabilized mercaptopyridine ligand, in addition to coordination by the oxygen centers from two THF donors. The compounds are well-suited model compounds for the magnesium centers in Photosystem I, in which magnesium, situated in the central chlorophyll ligand, is bound to sulfur from a nearby methionine residue. All compounds were characterized by 1H, 13C NMR, and IR spectroscopy, in addition to X-ray crystallography.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2019-2024
Number of pages6
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume9
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - May 9 2003

Keywords

  • Biomimetic model compounds
  • Magnesium
  • N ligands
  • Photosystem I
  • S ligands

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • Organic Chemistry

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