Showing papers by "Edward I. Stiefel published in 1995"

Resonance Raman spectroscopic characterization of the molybdopterin active site of DMSO reductase.

Abstract: Resonance Raman spectra are compared for Rhodobacter sphaeroides dimethyl sulfoxide reductase, an enzyme containing a molybdopterin cofactor, and two model compounds, I and II, which have pterin and quinoxaline, respectively, attached to a Cp2Mo[IV]-dithiolene chelate [Cp = cyclopentadienyl]. The effect of 34S incorporation was also determined. Several bands in the 200-500 cm-1 region show remarkably similar patterns of frequencies and isotope shifts between protein and models: a band at 351 cm-1 shifts 6-8 cm-1, and bands at lower and higher frequencies show smaller shifts upon 34S substitution. A normal coordinate analysis on II indicates the 351 cm-1 mode to be the symmetric Mo-S[dithiolene] stretch and the remaining low-frequency modes to contain contributions from deformations of the quinoxaline ring as well as from Mo-S stretching. The similarity in the low-frequency spectra between the model compounds and the enzyme strongly supports a dithiolene chelate as the mode of Mo-pterin interaction in the cofactor. Resonance enhancement of both high- and low-frequency quinoxaline or pterin modes is observed for both model compounds, implicating the heterocyclic rings as part of the electronic system involved in the Mo-dithiolene charge transfer transitions. RR spectra of 6-methylpterin and biopterin are reported and used to identify the pterin and quinoxaline high-frequency bands in the model compound spectra. The dithiolene C = C stretch is tentatively assigned to bands at 1506 cm-1 in I and 1515 cm-1 in II.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Induced internal electron transfer chemistry in rhenium sulfide systems

Abstract: This paper demonstrates the proclivity with which high-valent rhenium sulfur complexes undergo internal electron transfer. Specifically, reaction of [Et{sub 4}N][ReS{sub 4}] with 1.5 molar equiv of tetraalkylthiuram disulfide in acetonitrile gives the dinuclear Re(IV) complexes, Re{sub 2}({mu}-S){sub 2}(S{sub 2}CNR{sub 2}), 1, in very high yield. This dimer reacts with an additional equivalent of tetraalkylthiuram disulfide in the presence of excess Lewis acids, or with 0.5 molar equiv of tetraalkylthiuram disulfide and 1 molar equiv of [Cp{sub 2}Fe][PF{sub 6}], to give the dinuclear Re(III) species [Re{sub 2}({mu}-S-S{sub 2}CNR{sub 2}){sub 2}(S{sub 2}CNR{sub 2}){sub 3}]{sup +}, 2, in high yield. The reaction of [ReS{sub 4}]{sup {minus}} with 3 molar equiv of tetraalkylthiuram disulfide in a mixture of dichloromethane and acetonitrile gives the mononuclear Re(V) species [Re(S{sub 2}CN(R){sub 2}){sub 4}]-[Cl], 3, in high yield. Each of these reactions involves induced internal electron transfer in which the formal oxidation state of the metal center is reduced by the addition of an oxidant (i.e., tetraalkylthiuram disulfide). The bound sulfide is the reductant both for the metal and the external oxidant. The reformation of 1 from 2, in which the metal is oxidized, can be effected using reductants such as H{sub 2}. Electrochemical properties and chemical reactivitiesmore » of the complexes are presented.« less