Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (1): 78.

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Magnetic and Biomimetic Catalytic Properties of New Schiff Base Dinuclear Complexes as Model Compounds of Methane Monooxygenase

CHEN Xin-Bin1, LIAO Dai-Zheng2, SUN Yong-Fen HU Xin-Juan1, YANG Yan1, ZHU Shen-Jie1   

  1. 1. College of Biotechnology and Environment Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China;
    2. Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • Received:2003-12-11 Online:2005-01-10 Published:2005-01-10

Abstract: This paper reports the biomimetic catalytic properties of new Schiff base mononuclear complexes MH2LM = Mn(Ⅱ), Fe(Ⅲ)Cl, Cr(Ⅲ)Cl, Cu(Ⅱ), Co(Ⅱ), Ni(Ⅱ), Zn(Ⅱ); L=bis[ N,N'-ethylene-2,2'-(phenylmethylene)bis(3,4-dimethylpyrrole-5-aldimino)] and dinuclear complexes MnML[M=Mn(Ⅱ), Fe(Ⅲ)Cl, Cr(Ⅲ)Cl, Cu(Ⅱ), Co(Ⅱ), Ni(Ⅱ), Zn(Ⅱ)] for studying the monooxygenation of cyclohexane with PhIO and magnetic properties of the dinuclear complexes. The investigation of the magnetic properties(4—300 K) of the dinuclear complexes revealed that their antiferromagnetic spin exchange with J varied from -10.49 to -0.482 cm -1 except MnZnL, and antiferromagnetic spin exchange decreased in the order: Mn(Ⅱ)-Cu(Ⅱ)>Mn(Ⅱ)-Ni(Ⅱ)>Mn(Ⅱ)-Mn(Ⅱ)>Mn(Ⅱ)-Fe(Ⅲ)>Mn(Ⅱ)-Co(Ⅱ)>Mn(Ⅱ)-Cr(Ⅲ). The yield determination of monooxygenation of cyclohexane indicated that the catalytic reactivity of the dinuclear complex was better than that of the corresponding mononuclear complex, so we supposed that there was some cooperative action between the two metals in these dinuclear complexes. It was found that the cooperation lay in the decreasing order: Mn-Fe>Mn-Cr>Mn-Cu>Mn-Mn>Mn-Co>Mn-Ni>Mn-Zn. It seems that this cooperation increased with the increase of the number of unpaired d electrons and the magnetic exchange between the two metals in these dinuclear complexes.

Key words: Schiff base, Dinuclear complexes, Magnetic exchange, Biomimetic catalysis, Synergetic function

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