Exchange of equatorial ligands in protein-bound paddlewheel Ru₂⁵⁺ complexes: new insights from X-ray crystallography and quantum chemistry

Abstract

The reactivity of [Ru2Cl(D-p-CNPhF)(O2CCH3)3]n (D-p-CNPhF− = N,N′-bis(4-cyanophenyl)formamidinate) with the model protein RNase A has been investigated by X-ray crystallography and Quantum Chemistry.