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Synthetic Model Complex of the Key Intermediate in Cytochrome P450 Nitric Oxide Reductase

Journal Article · · Inorganic Chemistry
Fungal denitrification plays a crucial role in the nitrogen cycle and contributes to the total N2O emission from agricultural soils. Here, cytochrome P450 NO reductase (P450nor) reduces two NO to N2O using a single heme site. Despite much research, the exact nature of the critical "Intermediate I" responsible for the key N-N coupling step in P450nor is unknown. This species likely corresponds to a Fe-NHOH-type intermediate with an unknown electronic structure. Here we report a new strategy to generate a model system for this intermediate, starting from the iron(III) methylhydroxylamide complex [Fe(3,5-Me-BAFP)(NHOMe)] (1), which was fully characterized by 1H NMR, UV-vis, electron paramagnetic resonance, and vibrational spectroscopy (rRaman and NRVS). Our data show that 1 is a high-spin ferric complex with an N-bound hydroxylamide ligand that is strongly coordinated (Fe–N distance, 1.918 Å; Fe-NHOMe stretch, 558 cm–1). Simple one-electron oxidation of 1 at –80 °C then cleanly generates the first model system for Intermediate I, [Fe(3,5-Me-BAFP)(NHOMe)]+ (1+). UV–vis, resonance Raman, and Mössbauer spectroscopies, in comparison to the chloro analogue [Fe(3,5-Me-BAFP)(Cl)]+, demonstrate that 1+ is best described as an FeIII-(NHOMe)• complex with a bound NHOMe radical. Further reactivity studies show that 1+ is highly reactive toward NO, a reaction that likely proceeds via N–N bond formation, following a radical–radical-type coupling mechanism. Here our results therefore provide experimental evidence, for the first time, that an FeIII-(NHOMe)• electronic structure is indeed a reasonable electronic description for Intermediate I and that this electronic structure is advantageous for P450nor catalysis because it can greatly facilitate N–N bond formation and, ultimately, N2O generation.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1509892
Journal Information:
Inorganic Chemistry, Journal Name: Inorganic Chemistry Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 58; ISSN 0020-1669
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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