Molecular and crystal structure of cyanoformamide

Drück, U.; Becker, W.; Becker, G.

doi:10.1524/zkri.1984.167.14.131

Zeitschrift Für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials

1984

DOI: 10.1524/zkri.1984.167.14.131

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Molecular and crystal structure of cyanoformamide

U. Drück¹,

W. Becker²,

G. Becker³

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“…Isolation of the fragile anion in the solid state was likely aided by the crystal lattice stabilization of the salt. The C-C bond in the anion [1.480( 9) Å] is equal to that reported by Drück et al (17) in the structure of cyanoformamide, NCC(O)NH 2 . The cyanide C-N bond length [1.056( 12) Å] proved to be significantly shorter than that in cyanoformamide [1.141(8) Å].…”

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A Simple Complex on the Verge of Breakdown: Isolation of the Elusive Cyanoformate Ion

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Robertson

Harroun

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Why does cyanide not react destructively with the proximal iron center at the active site of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) oxidase, an enzyme central to the biosynthesis of ethylene in plants? It has long been postulated that the cyanoformate anion, [NCCO2]–, forms and then decomposes to carbon dioxide and cyanide during this process. We have now isolated and crystallographically characterized this elusive anion as its tetraphenylphosphonium salt. Theoretical calculations show that cyanoformate has a very weak C–C bond and that it is thermodynamically stable only in low dielectric media. Solution stability studies have substantiated the latter result. We propose that cyanoformate shuttles the potentially toxic cyanide away from the low dielectric active site of ACC oxidase before breaking down in the higher dielectric medium of the cell.

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A Simple Complex on the Verge of Breakdown: Isolation of the Elusive Cyanoformate Ion

Murphy

Robertson

Harroun

et al. 2014

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Molecular and crystal structure of cyanoformamide

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A Simple Complex on the Verge of Breakdown: Isolation of the Elusive Cyanoformate Ion

A Simple Complex on the Verge of Breakdown: Isolation of the Elusive Cyanoformate Ion

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