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Inelastic neutron scattering spectra of free base and zinc porphines: a comparison with DFT-based vibrational analysis.

Inelastic neutron scattering (INS) spectra of free base (FBP) and zinc (ZnP) porphines are presented and compared with the results of density functional theory (DFT) calculations using the B3LYP functional with 6-31G(d) or 6-311G(d,p) basis sets. To obtain quantitative agreement between experiment and theory, two different scaling techniques have been applied: a scaled quantum mechanical (DFT-SQM) force field was developed for B3LYP/6-31G(d) calculations and the uniform frequency scaling technique (DFT-UFS) was applied to B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) results. The DFT-SQM calculations have been previously compared with IR and Raman spectra with good agreement, which allows for a nearly complete vibrational assignment. The results of the present study extend previous vibrational analysis to a higher level of reliability and complexity. The previous results are augmented by the comparison of calculated and observed INS intensities and the comparison of calculated modes with those observed in INS spectra but previously unobserved in optical spectra. Excellent agreement is acquired between the INS spectra and the results of both calculations, permitting a more detailed and reliable description of the vibrational properties of porphyrins.

Algorithms↗

Protection by a manganese porphyrin of endogenous peroxynitrite-induced death of glial cells via inhibition of mitochondrial transmembrane potential decrease.

In the cerebral ischemic penumbra, progressive metabolic deterioration eventually leads to death of glial cells. The exact mechanism for the death of glial cells is unclear. Here we report that under glucose-deprived conditions immunostimulated glial cells rapidly underwent death via production of large amounts of peroxynitrite. The cell-permeable Mn(III)tetrakis(N-methyl-4'-pyridyl)porphyrin (MnTMPyP) caused a concentration-dependent attenuation of the increased death in glucose-deprived immunostimulated glial cells. The structurally related compound H(2)TMPyP, which lacks metals, did not attenuate this augmented cell death. MnTMPyP prevented the elevation in nitrotyrosine immunoreactivity (a marker of ONOO(-)) in glucose-deprived immunostimulated glial cells. In glucose-deprived glial cells, MnTMPyP also completely blocked the augmented death and nitrotyrosine immunoreactivity induced by the ONOO(-)-producing reagent 3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1). The mitochondrial transmembrane potential (MTP), as measured using the dye JC-1, was rapidly decreased in immunostimulated or SIN-1-treated glial cells deprived of glucose. MnTMPyP, but not H(2)TMPyP, blocked the depolarization of MTP in those glial cells. The present data, at least in part, provide evidence for how glial cells die in the postischemic and/or recurrent ischemic brain.

Animals↗

Didemnins and tunichlorin: novel natural products from the marine tunicate Trididemnum solidum.

Didemnins A, B, and C, cyclic depsipeptides previously reported by our laboratory from the Caribbean tunicate Trididemnum solidum, have now been synthesized and, in the process, their structures have been revised to include the new amino acid (3S,4R,5S)-isostatine,C2H5CH(CH3)CHNH2CHOHCH2COOH. All other isomers of isostatine have also been prepared. Didemnin B is currently in Phase II clinical trials as an anticancer agent, and the antineoplastic activity, as well as the antiviral and immunosuppressive activities, of the didemnins are reviewed. A highly unusual porphynoid has also been isolated from T. solidum. The compound has been named tunichlorin and is apparently the first nickel-containing chlorin (and only the second nickel-containing porphyrin-related compound) identified from a living organism.

Animals↗

A novel pH-controlled transfer process of 5,10,15-tri(4-hydroxyphenyl)-20-(4-hexadecyloxyphenyl) porphyrin in CTAB micelles.

By analysis of the UV-visible and fluorescence spectra of 5,10,15-tri(4-hydroxyphenyl)-20-(4-hexadecyloxyphenyl)porphyrin (P) in different microenvironments of micelle and solvent solutions, a novel pH-controlled transfer process of P in CTAB micelle was reported. In neutral CTAB micelles, porphyrins may locate at the inner layers of micelles. With pH increases to 11.19, the porphyrin can be completely deprotonated and transfers to the outer surface of CTAB micelle. The investigation of kinetics of porphyrin complexing with Cu(II) indicates that the metallation rate of porphyrins in CTAB micelles could also be controlled by changing pH.

Cetrimonium↗

Porphyrins bearing mono or tripodal benzylphosphonic acid tethers for attachment to oxide surfaces.

The ability to attach redox-active molecules to oxide surfaces in controlled architectures (distance, orientation, packing density) is essential for the design of a variety of molecular-based information storage devices. We describe the synthesis of a series of redox-active molecules wherein each molecule bears a benzylphosphonic acid tether. The redox-active molecules include zinc porphyrins, a cobalt porphyrin, and a ferrocene-zinc porphyrin. An analogous tripodal tether has been prepared that is based on a tris[4-(dihydroxyphosphorylmethyl)phenyl]-derivatized methane. A zinc porphyrin is linked to the methane vertex by a 1,4-phenylene unit. The tripodal systems are designed to improve monolayer stability and ensure vertical orientation of the redox-active porphyrin on the electroactive surface. For comparison purposes, a zinc porphyrin bearing a hexylphosphonic acid tether also has been prepared. The synthetic approaches for introduction of the phosphonic acid group include derivatization of a bromoalkyl porphyrin or use of a dimethyl or diethyl phosphonate substituted precursor in a porphyrin-forming reaction. The latter approach makes use of dipyrromethane building blocks bearing mono or tripodal dialkyl phosphonate groups. The zinc porphyrin-tripodal compound bearing benzylphosphonic acid legs tethered to a SiO(2) surface (grown on doped Si) was electrically well-behaved and exhibited characteristic porphyrin oxidation/reduction waves. Collectively, a variety of porphyrinic molecules can now be prepared with tethers of different length, composition, and structure (mono or tripodal) for studies of molecular-based information storage on oxide surfaces.

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Identification of a porphyrin pi cation radical in ascorbate peroxidase compound I.

Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy has been used to analyze the ascorbate peroxidase Fe3+ resting state and to compare the reaction product between the enzyme and H2O2, compound I, with that of cytochrome c peroxidase. Because ascorbate peroxidase has a Trp residue in the proximal heme pocket at the same location as the Trp191 compound I free radical in cytochrome c peroxidase [Patterson, W. R., & Poulos, T. L. (1995) Biochemistry 34, 4331-4341], it was anticipated that ascorbate peroxidase compound I might also contain a Trp-centered radical. However, the ascorbate peroxidase compound I EPR spectrum is totally different from that of cytochrome c peroxidase. Immediately after the addition of H2O2, the 7.5 K EPR spectrum of ascorbate peroxidase compound I exhibits an axial resonance extending from g perpendicular = 3.27 to g parallel approximately 2 that disappears within 30 s, presumably due to endogenous reduction of compound I. In contrast, cytochrome c peroxidase compound I exhibits a long-lived g approximately 2 signal associated with the Trp191 cation free-radical [Houseman, A. L. P., et al. (1993) Biochemistry 32, 4430-4443]. Recently, the 2 K EPR spectrum of a catalase compound I was found to exhibit a broad signal extending from g perpendicular = 3.45 to g parallel approximately 2 and was interpreted as a porphyrin pi cation radical [Benecky, M. J., et al. (1993) Biochemistry 32, 11929-11933]. On the basis of these comparisons, we conclude that ascorbate peroxidase forms an unstable compound I porphyrin pi cation radical, even though it has a Trp residue positioned precisely where the Trp191 radical is located in cytochrome c peroxidase.

Ascorbate Peroxidases↗

Expeditious synthesis of porphyrin-cobaltacarborane conjugates.

Two porphyrin-cobaltacarborane conjugates and were prepared in high yields via a nucleophilic ring-opening reaction of . These novel boron-rich and fluorescent compounds have potential application as boron delivery agents for the boron neutron capture therapy of tumors.

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy↗

CO bond angle changes in photolysis of carboxymyoglobin.

Previous studies [Chance, B., Fischetti, B., & Powers, L. (1983) Biochemistry 22, 3820-3829] of the local structure changes around the iron in carboxymyoglobin on photolysis at 4 K revealed that the iron-carbon distance increased approximately 0.05 A but was accompanied by a lengthening of the iron-pyrrole nitrogen bonds of the heme (approximately 0.03 A) that was not as large as that found in the deoxy form. Further analysis of these data together with comparison to model compounds indicates that the Fe-C-O bond angle in carboxymyoglobin is bent (127 +/- 4 degrees), having a structure identical, within the error, with the "pocket" porphyrin model compound FePocPiv(1-MeIm)(CO) [Collman, J. P., Brauman, J. I., Collins, T. J., Iverson, B. L., Lang, G., Pettman, R., Sessler, J. L., & Walters, M. A. (1983) J. Am. Chem Soc. 105, 3038-3052]. On photolysis, this angle decreases by 5-10 degrees. In addition, correlation is observed between the increase in the length of the Fe-C bond and the decrease of the Fe-C-O angle. These results suggest that the rate-limiting step in recombination is the thermal motion of CO in the pocket to achieve an appropriate bonding angle with respect to the iron. These changes constitute the first molecular picture of the photolysis process, as well as the structure of the geminate state, and are important in clarifying nuclear tunneling parameters.

Carbon↗

The nature of the high-valent complexes in the catalytic cycles of hemoproteins.

We report geometry optimization results on heme compound I (ferryl-oxo + porphyrin cation radical), compound II (ferryl-oxo) and ferric-hydroxo species with thiolate or imidazole axial ligands. We also examine protonated forms of compound I and compound II species, prompted by recent reports that, in at least two different hemoproteins, compound II may in fact contain a hydroxo rather than an oxo ligand. We propose that the stable compound I and compound II species of hemoproteins (e.g., peroxidases and myoglobin) most likely contain a hydroxo rather than the oxo ligand traditionally assumed, whereas the extremely transient compound I species of monooxygenase hemoproteins (P450) would contain an oxo atom. We show evidence impacting the previously accepted notion in hemoprotein computational chemistry that non-covalent interactions and medium polarization effects are essential in properly describing the electronic structure of heme-thiolate high-valent complexes. On a different note, we find that the charge density on the iron remains essentially the same throughout the catalytic cycles of heme-containing oxygenases and peroxidases, despite clear changes in bond lengths and spin densities suggestive of various iron oxidation states. The iron thus appears to simply relay the electron flux between the porphyrin and the axial dioxygen/superoxo/peroxo/oxo/hydroxo ligands.

Catalysis↗

Reactivity of iron(II) 5,10,15,20-tetraaryl-21-oxaporphyrin with arylmagnesium bromide: formation of paramagnetic six-coordinate complexes with two axial aryl groups.

Coordination of sigma-aryl carbanions by chloroiron(II) 5,20-ditolyl-10,15-diphenyl-21-oxaporphyrin (ODTDPP)Fe(II)Cl has been followed by (1)H NMR spectroscopy. Addition of pentafluorophenyl Grignard reagent (C(6)F(5))MgBr to the toluene solution of (ODTDPP)Fe(II)Cl in the absence of dioxygen at 205 K resulted in the formation of the high-spin (ODTDPP)Fe(II)(C(6)F(5)). The titration of (ODTDPP)Fe(II)Cl with a solution of (C(6)H(5))MgBr carried at 205 K yields a rare six-coordinate species which binds two sigma-aryl ligands [(ODTDPP)Fe(II)(C(6)H(5))(2)](-). Warming of the [(ODTDPP)Fe(II)(C(6)H(5))(2)](-) solution above 270 K results in the decomposition to mono-sigma-phenyliron species (ODTDPP)Fe(II)(C(6)H(5)). Controlled oxidation of [(ODTDPP)Fe(II)(C(6)H(5))(2)](-) with Br(2) affords (ODTDPP)Fe(III)(C(6)H(5))Br, which demonstrates a typical (1)H NMR pattern of low-spin sigma-aryl iron(III) porphyrin. The considered oxidation mechanism involves the (ODTDPP)Fe(III)(C(6)H(5))(2) species, which is readily reduced to the iron(I) 21-oxaporphyrin, followed by oxidation with Br(2) and replacement of one bromide anion by aryl substituent. The (1)H NMR spectra of paramagnetic iron complexes have been examined in detail. Functional group assignments have been made with the use of selective deuteration. The peculiar (1)H NMR spectral features of [(ODTDPP)Fe(II)(p-CH(3)C(6)H(4))(2)](-) (sigma-p-tolyl: ortho, 30.8; meta, 53.6; para-CH(3), 42.1; furan: -16.0; beta-H pyrrole: -27.5, -34.3, -41.8 ppm, at 205 K) are without a parallel to any iron(II) porphyrin or heteroporphyrin and indicate a profound alteration of the electronic structure of iron(II) porphyrin upon the coordination of two sigma-aryls.

Bromine↗

Chloro(5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrinato)manganese(III) with 4/m symmetry.

The crystal structure of [Mn(TPP)Cl] in space group I4/m (where TPP is C44H28N4) has been determined. The unit cell contains two full molecules, with one eighth of a molecule unique. An out-of-plane model for the Mn atom was applied and all non-H atoms were refined anisotropically. The Mn--N distance is 2.002 (3) A, the axial Mn--Cl distance is 2.297 (15) A and the out-of-plane displacement of the Mn atom is 0.16 A. The possibility of a reverse-doming porphyrin core conformation is mentioned briefly.

Crystallography, X-Ray↗