Oxoanionic or sulfur lone pair attack? The difference in reactivity of hydrogensulfite anion and neutral dimethylsulfite towards [Bu4N](2)[MoO2{S2C2(CN)(2)}(2)] in the model reductive half reaction of sulfite oxidase

Authors
Nagarajan, K Chaudhury, PK Srinivasan, BR Sarkar, S
Citation
K. Nagarajan et al., Oxoanionic or sulfur lone pair attack? The difference in reactivity of hydrogensulfite anion and neutral dimethylsulfite towards [Bu4N](2)[MoO2{S2C2(CN)(2)}(2)] in the model reductive half reaction of sulfite oxidase, CHEM COMMUN, (18), 2001, pp. 1786-1787
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
13597345 → ACNP
Issue
18
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1786 - 1787
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-7345(20010921):18<1786:OOSLPA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
pH dependent reactivity differences of dimethylsulfite towards the title co mplex 1 demonstrate the crucial need of oxo-anionic coordination of sulfite to the molybdenum centre of 1 in the model reductive half reaction of sulf ite oxidase.