Catalytic Zinc Complexes for Phosphate Diester Hydrolysis

Overview

Journal Angew Chem Int Ed Engl

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2014 Jun 13

PMID 24919567

Citations 13

Authors

Emmanuel Y Tirel

Zoe Bellamy

Harry Adams

Vincent Lebrun

Fernanda Duarte

Nicholas H Williams

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Abstract

Creating efficient artificial catalysts that can compete with biocatalysis has been an enduring challenge which has yet to be met. Reported herein is the synthesis and characterization of a series of zinc complexes designed to catalyze the hydrolysis of phosphate diesters. By introducing a hydrated aldehyde into the ligand we achieve turnover for DNA-like substrates which, combined with ligand methylation, increases reactivity by two orders of magnitude. In contrast to current orthodoxy and mechanistic explanations, we propose a mechanism where the nucleophile is not coordinated to the metal ion, but involves a tautomer with a more effective Lewis acid and more reactive nucleophile. This data suggests a new strategy for creating more efficient metal ion based catalysts, and highlights a possible mode of action for metalloenzymes.

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