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SUBMITTER: Wang D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2744316 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Dong D Farquhar Erik R ER Stubna Audria A Münck Eckard E Que Lawrence L
Nature chemistry 20090501 2
The controlled cleavage of strong C-H bonds like those of methane poses a significant challenge for chemists. In nature methane is oxidized to methanol by soluble methane monooxygenase via a diiron(IV) intermediate called Q. To model the chemistry of MMO-Q, an oxo-bridged diiron(IV) complex has been generated by electrochemical oxidation and characterized by several spectroscopic methods. This novel species has an Fe(IV/III) redox potential of +1.50 V vs. ferrocene (>2 V vs. NHE), the highest va ...[more]