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SUBMITTER: Schreyer M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5687055 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beilstein journal of organic chemistry 20171102
The tungsten(IV) complex (Et<sub>4</sub>N)<sub>2</sub>[W(O)(mnt)<sub>2</sub>] (<b>1</b>; mnt = maleonitriledithiolate) was proposed (Sarkar et al., <i>J. Am. Chem. Soc.</i><b>1997</b>, <i>119</i>, 4315) to be a functional analogue of the active center of the enzyme acetylene hydratase from <i>Pelobacter acetylenicus</i>, which hydrates acetylene (ethyne; <b>2</b>) to acetaldehyde (ethanal; <b>3</b>). In the absence of a satisfactory mechanistic proposal for the hydration reaction, we considered ...[more]