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SUBMITTER: Parise A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7024176 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Parise Angela A Muraca Maria Costanza MC Russo Nino N Toscano Marirosa M Marino Tiziana T
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20200114 2
The oxidative decarboxylation of the iron(II) α-hydroxy acid (mandelic acid) complex model, biomimetic of Rieske dioxygenase, has been investigated at the density functional level. The explored mechanism sheds light on the role of the α-hydroxyl group on the dioxygen activation. The potential energy surfaces have been explored in different electronic spin states. The rate-determining step of the process is the proton transfer. The oxidative decarboxylation preferentially takes place on the quint ...[more]