In this present work, we report the synthesis and structural characterization of two copper(II) complexes, [Cu(bpy)Cl2] (1) & [Cu(μ‐Cl)(phen)Cl]2 (2) [bpy=2,2′‐bipyridine; phen=1,10‐phenanthroline]. We have also studied their catalytic fate towards phenoxazinone synthase and catechol dioxygenase activity. X‐ray structural analyses revealed that 1 & 2 crystallize in triclinic & monoclinic system with P 1 and Cc space group respectively. The copper complexes catalyse the oxidative coupling of 2‐amino phenol (2‐AP) to aminophenoxazin‐3‐one with significant turn over number, kcat(h−1)=2.08×103 & 2.16×103 for 1 & 2 resectively. During investigation of catechol dioxygenase activity, stoichiometric addition of 1 & 2 to 3,5‐di‐tert‐butylcatechol (DTBC) in acetonitrile produce in situ catecholate‐to‐Cu(II) absorption bands at 812 and 821 nm respectively. The in situ Cu(II)‐catecholate species for both 1 & 2 react with molecular oxygen at the rate, kobs: 7.95×10−4 and 1.30×10−3 min−1 respectively and produce intradiol cleavage products in exclusive amount. Minor amount of benzoquinone is also found in solution. Intradiol products are found as major product in solution and accounts in favour of substrate activation mechanism.
A mononuclear iron(II) complex, [Fe(phen) 3 ]Cl 2 (1) (phen =1,10-phenanthroline), has been synthesized in crystalline phase and characterized using various spectroscopic techniques including single crystal X-ray diffraction. Crystal structure analysis revealed that 1 crystallizes in a monoclinic system with C2/m space group. Complex 1 acts as a functional model for a biomimetic catalyst promoting the aerobic oxidation of 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol (3,5-DTBC) through radical pathways with a significant turnover number (k cat =3.55 × 10 3 h À1 ) and exhibits catechol dioxygenase activity towards the same 3,5-DTBC substrate at room temperature in oxygen-saturated ethanol medium. The existence of an isobestic point at 610 nm from spectrophotometric data indicates the presence of Fe 3+ À3,5-DTBC adduct favouring an enzyme-substrate binding phenomenon. Upon stoichiometric addition of 3,5-DTBC pretreated with two equivalents of triethylamine to the iron complex, two catecholate-to-iron(III) ligand-to-metal charge transfer bands (575 and 721 nm) are observed and the in situ generated catecholate intermediate reacts with dioxygen (k obs =9.89 × 10 À4 min À1 ) in ethanol medium to afford exclusively intradiol cleavage products along with a small amount of benzoquinone, and a small amount of extradiol cleavage products, which provide substantial evidence for a substrate activation mechanism.
A mononuclear cobalt(II) complex, [Co(phen) 2 Cl 2 ], (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) has been synthesized and structurally characterized by different spectroscopic methods including single crystal X-ray structural study. X-ray crystal structural analysis revealed that the cobalt(II) complex crystallizes in a monoclinic system with C2/c space group and exists in cis-configuration in its crystalline state. Room temperature magnetic measurement accounts for 3e paramagnetism and indicates high spin cobalt(II) in the solid state. The cobalt(II) complex has been evaluated as a functional model for phosphatase enzyme by using 4-nitrophenylphosphate (PNPP) as a standard substrate in aqueous DMF medium. This mononuclear cobalt(II) complex exhibits good hydrolytic phosphoester cleavage efficiency with k cat value of 3.78 × 10 2 h −1 .
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