Probing the mechanism of O2 activation by a copper(I) biomimetic complex of a C-H hydroxylating copper monooxygenase

Inorg Chem. 2009 May 4;48(9):4062-6. doi: 10.1021/ic802269v.

Abstract

In this paper, we report, for the first time, a plausible full reaction pathway for the activation of O(2) by a tetraazamacrocyclic monocopper(I) complex and for the subsequent intramolecular alkylic hydroxylation to yield the alkoxide product. This theoretical insight offers remarkable support to the fundamental hypothesis in the field that a hydroperoxo complex of the type Cu(II)OOH intermediate is the key intermediate in this class of reactions. Overall, we give insight into an intramolecular alkylic C-H bond activation due to the O(2) binding to copper(I) with an end-on eta(1)-O(2) ligation. The loss of a water molecule involves the final substrate oxygenation. The complex we consider is a biomimetic of several systems of biological relevance, such as amine oxidases, peptidylglycine-alpha-hydroxylating monooxygenase, and dopamine-beta monooxygenases.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biomimetic Materials / chemistry
  • Biomimetic Materials / metabolism*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Copper / chemistry
  • Copper / metabolism*
  • Hydroxylation
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases / chemistry
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases / metabolism*
  • Models, Chemical
  • Oxygen / chemistry
  • Oxygen / metabolism*
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Water
  • Copper
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases
  • Oxygen