本研究中成功的合成出FeIII與[HS]-鍵結,具有[FeIII-SH] motif的DNIC ([K-18-crown-6-ether][(HS)2Fe(NO)2] (1) 及[PPN][(HS)2Fe(NO)2] (1-PPN))、MNIC ([PPN][(HS)3Fe(NO)] (3))以及dimerize成[PPN]2[(μ-S)Fe(SH)(NO)]2 (4) (Scheme 1),其中complex 1 溶於水中會釋放出H2S並生成RRS,代表DNIC在hydrophobic的環境之下或許可以當作H2S的儲存和傳遞者,並且在hydrophilic的環境下再將其釋放出來,原因可能跟NO本身non-innocent的性質有關,NO扮演了調控電子的角色而讓生物體內的[HS]-有機會鍵結到Fe上,而且鍵結到Fe上之後藉由NO供給電子給Fe,讓FeIII不會被thiolate還原成FeII。 從實驗上EPR、IR、XAS、XRD綜合比較後,可以決定出含有[FeIII-SH] motif的complex 1, 1-PPN的電子結構應為high-spin FeIII (SFe = 5/2)與兩個NO-(SNO = 1)以antiferromagnetically coupled,而熱不穩定的complex 3會自然的dimerize成complex 4,其電子結構可以描述成兩個{FeIII(NO-)}7以antiferromagnetic coupled形成diamagnetic complex,從理論計算也可以輔助這一點。 另外與本實驗室最近發表的文獻提到[PPN][Fe(SH)4] (5)和[PPN]2[(μ-S)Fe(SH)]2 (6)的合成及穩定性,由實驗結果得知穩定性為1 > 3 > 5,釋放出H2S形成dimer form之穩定度為2 > 4 > 6,說明了NO越多穩定性越高,並且用理論計算和氧化還原電位去輔助說明為何有此現象。
The formation of hydrosulfide-bound {Fe(NO)2}9 dinitrosyl iron complex (DNIC), [K-18-crown-6-ether][(HS)2Fe(NO)2] (1) ([PPN][(HS)2Fe(NO)2] (1-PPN)) and the precursor mononitrosyl iron complex (MNIC), [PPN][(HS)3Fe(NO)] (3), were synthesized and characterized. Transformation of complex 1 into Roussin’s red salt (RRS) along with release of H2S in protic solvent was probed by NBD-SCN. It may suggest that DNIC can be a role for H2S storage and transport in hydrophobic environment. This phenomenon is attributed to the characteristic of non-innocent NO to regulate electron transfer among [FeIII-SH] core, which inhibited the reduction of FeIII into FeII and prevent reductive elimination of Fe-SH bond, The electronic structure containing [FeIII-SH] motif of complex 1, 1-PPN, 4 was determined by EPR, IR, XAS, and XRD. Complex 1 and 1-PPN can be described as high-spin FeIII (SFe = 5/2) and two NO-(SNO = 1) antiferromagnetically coupled. The thermally unstable complex 3 spontaneously dimerize into the first structurally characterized FeIII-hydrosulfide complex [PPN]2[(μ-S)Fe(SH)(NO)]2 (4). The electronic structure can be described as two {FeIII(NO-)}7 antiferromagnetic coupled to yield S = 0 diamagnetic complex. From recently published paper, the thermally unstable [PPN][Fe(SH)4] (5) spontaneously dimerizes to form [PPN]2[(SH)Fe (μ-S)]2 (6). According to the experiment, the stability of complex 1, 3, and 5 is 1 > 3 > 5. The stability of the dimerized-form is 2 > 4 > 6. On the basis of DFT computation and reduction potential, NO serves as strong electron-donating ligand (compared to thiolate), which reduces the effective nuclear charge(Zeff) of the iron center and prevent complex 1 from dimerization. That is, the stability increases accompanied with the larger NO-coordinate ligands bound to the [FeIII-SH] motif.