A series of six-coordinate diCo(III) porphyrin dimers, as synthetic analogues of diheme cytochromes, have been reported here having bis(imidazole), bis(pyridine) and mixed thiophenolate-pyridine/imidazole axial ligands. In the X-ray structures of bis(imidazole) and bis(pyridine) complexes, the axial ligands are in perpendicular orientation while they are parallelly oriented in their monomeric analog. The porphyrin rings are also highly ruffle-distorted in dimer but planar in monomer which reflect the effect of intramolecular interaction between two Co(porphyrin) units in dimers. In the X-ray structure of diCo(III) thiophenolate-pyridine mixed-ligated complex, the axial Co-S and Co-N(py) distances are 2.256(1) and 2.063(2) angstrom, respectively. The Co-N(py) dis-tance of 2.063(2) angstrom is much longer than the distances of 1.961(3) and 1.972(3) angstrom observed in bis(pyridine) complex and the Co-S distance is larger than Co-N(py) in the mixed ligated complex which results in a displacement of Co by 0.15 angstrom towards the pyridine ligand from the mean porphyrin plane. Indeed, this is the first X-ray structure of a metalloporphyrin with mixed thiophenolate-pyridine axial ligands. The effect of mixed-axial ligation is demonstrated by a blue-shift of the Soret band in the UV-visible spectroscopy and also a positive shift of the Co(III)/Co(II) redox couple as compared to their bis(pyridine) analogue. The redox potentials are shifted to a large negative value just upon replacing the metal from iron to cobalt. The present investigation emphasizes the role of axial ligation, metal ions, and also the effect of heme-heme interaction in controlling the spectral and electrochemical properties.

Diheme cytochromes: Effect of mixed-axial ligation on the electronic structure and electrochemical properties with cobalt porphyrin dimer / Sanfui, Sarnali; Chakraborty, Paulami; Garribba, Eugenio; Rath, Sankar Prasad. - In: JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0162-0134. - 240:(2023), p. 112109. [10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.112109]

Diheme cytochromes: Effect of mixed-axial ligation on the electronic structure and electrochemical properties with cobalt porphyrin dimer

Garribba, Eugenio;
2023-01-01

Abstract

A series of six-coordinate diCo(III) porphyrin dimers, as synthetic analogues of diheme cytochromes, have been reported here having bis(imidazole), bis(pyridine) and mixed thiophenolate-pyridine/imidazole axial ligands. In the X-ray structures of bis(imidazole) and bis(pyridine) complexes, the axial ligands are in perpendicular orientation while they are parallelly oriented in their monomeric analog. The porphyrin rings are also highly ruffle-distorted in dimer but planar in monomer which reflect the effect of intramolecular interaction between two Co(porphyrin) units in dimers. In the X-ray structure of diCo(III) thiophenolate-pyridine mixed-ligated complex, the axial Co-S and Co-N(py) distances are 2.256(1) and 2.063(2) angstrom, respectively. The Co-N(py) dis-tance of 2.063(2) angstrom is much longer than the distances of 1.961(3) and 1.972(3) angstrom observed in bis(pyridine) complex and the Co-S distance is larger than Co-N(py) in the mixed ligated complex which results in a displacement of Co by 0.15 angstrom towards the pyridine ligand from the mean porphyrin plane. Indeed, this is the first X-ray structure of a metalloporphyrin with mixed thiophenolate-pyridine axial ligands. The effect of mixed-axial ligation is demonstrated by a blue-shift of the Soret band in the UV-visible spectroscopy and also a positive shift of the Co(III)/Co(II) redox couple as compared to their bis(pyridine) analogue. The redox potentials are shifted to a large negative value just upon replacing the metal from iron to cobalt. The present investigation emphasizes the role of axial ligation, metal ions, and also the effect of heme-heme interaction in controlling the spectral and electrochemical properties.
2023
Diheme cytochromes: Effect of mixed-axial ligation on the electronic structure and electrochemical properties with cobalt porphyrin dimer / Sanfui, Sarnali; Chakraborty, Paulami; Garribba, Eugenio; Rath, Sankar Prasad. - In: JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0162-0134. - 240:(2023), p. 112109. [10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.112109]
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