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Catecholato complexes of o-phenylenebis(salicylideneiminato)iron(III) and meso-tetra(parasulphonatephenyl)porphyrinatoferrate(III). A comment on the structure of the active site in catechol-1,2-dioxygenase

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Abstract Formation of catecholato complexes of Fe(saloph) + and Fe(TPPS) 3− in solution is studied. Fe(saloph)(cat) − contains a cat 2− bidentate ligand. Its formation in solution competes efficiently with the hydrolysis and dimerization of Fe(saloph) + to give Fe 2 (saloph) 2 O. This behaviour shows that the planar saloph 2− ligand, as the analogous salen 2− , is easily distorted, and is not as rigid as generally considered. Iron(III) porphyrin Fe(TPPS) 3− with catechol gives the complex [Fe(TPPS)(Hcat)] 4− . Deprotonation of the unidentate Hcat − ligand cannot be studied because the smaller stability of the complex, and the dimerization of the metalloporphyrin dominates in basic medium. The strong tendency of the cat 2− anion to be coordinated to Fe(III) in chelate form only can be sterically hindered. On the basis of these results the suggested structure of the active site of catechol-1,2-dioxygenase is discussed.