TY - JOUR
T1 - UVRR spectroscopy and vibrational analysis of mercury thiolate compounds resembling d10 metal binding sites in proteins
AU - Fleissner, Gerhard
AU - Kozlowski, Pawel M.
AU - Vargek, Mária
AU - Bryson, James W.
AU - O'Halloran, Thomas V
AU - Spiro, Thomas G.
PY - 1999/12/1
Y1 - 1999/12/1
N2 - Raman, ultraviolet resonance Raman (UVRR) and far-IR spectra are reported for the mercury-cysteamine complex, Hg(SCH2CH2NH 2)2. Band assignments are made for Hg(SCH 2CH2NH2)2, and also for [Hg(SBu t)3]- and [Hg(SMe)3]- on the basis of ab initio calculations with the effective core potential approximation and also on the basis of comparison with vibrational data of corresponding thiols. The calculations show that geometry-optimized [Hg(SBut) 3]- and [Hg(SMe)3]- have virtually the same Hg-S bond lengths, but very different is HgS frequencies, 196 and 268 cm-1, in good agreement with the experimental data. The exceptionally low HgS frequency for [Hg(SBut)3]- compared to [Hg(SMe)3]- and to the Hg-MerR protein results from kinematic interactions of the Hg-S stretching and S-C-C bending coordinates when all three substituents at CR are carbon atoms. For Hg- (SCH2CH 2NH2)2, the HgS stretching coordinate is distributed over three modes, at 339, 273, and 217 cm-1, all of which exhibit UVRR enhancement. The other contributors to these modes are angle bending and torsional coordinates of the chelate rings. Involvement of the CCN bending coordinates is supported by observed and calculated frequency shifts in D2O. The excitation profiles track the main UV absorption band, associated with S→Hg charge transfer. Enhancement is attributable to the weakening of the Hg-S bonds in the excited state, and probably to changes in the SCC bond angle. Also enhanced, albeit weakly, is the iCS mode at 658 cm -1, reflecting C-S bond shortening in the excited state. The mingling of metal-sulfur and internal ligand coordinates is reminiscent of the mingling seen in RR spectra of type 1 Cu proteins. In both cases the phenomenon may be associated with elevated torsional contributions associated with the rigidity of the ligands.
AB - Raman, ultraviolet resonance Raman (UVRR) and far-IR spectra are reported for the mercury-cysteamine complex, Hg(SCH2CH2NH 2)2. Band assignments are made for Hg(SCH 2CH2NH2)2, and also for [Hg(SBu t)3]- and [Hg(SMe)3]- on the basis of ab initio calculations with the effective core potential approximation and also on the basis of comparison with vibrational data of corresponding thiols. The calculations show that geometry-optimized [Hg(SBut) 3]- and [Hg(SMe)3]- have virtually the same Hg-S bond lengths, but very different is HgS frequencies, 196 and 268 cm-1, in good agreement with the experimental data. The exceptionally low HgS frequency for [Hg(SBut)3]- compared to [Hg(SMe)3]- and to the Hg-MerR protein results from kinematic interactions of the Hg-S stretching and S-C-C bending coordinates when all three substituents at CR are carbon atoms. For Hg- (SCH2CH 2NH2)2, the HgS stretching coordinate is distributed over three modes, at 339, 273, and 217 cm-1, all of which exhibit UVRR enhancement. The other contributors to these modes are angle bending and torsional coordinates of the chelate rings. Involvement of the CCN bending coordinates is supported by observed and calculated frequency shifts in D2O. The excitation profiles track the main UV absorption band, associated with S→Hg charge transfer. Enhancement is attributable to the weakening of the Hg-S bonds in the excited state, and probably to changes in the SCC bond angle. Also enhanced, albeit weakly, is the iCS mode at 658 cm -1, reflecting C-S bond shortening in the excited state. The mingling of metal-sulfur and internal ligand coordinates is reminiscent of the mingling seen in RR spectra of type 1 Cu proteins. In both cases the phenomenon may be associated with elevated torsional contributions associated with the rigidity of the ligands.
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U2 - 10.1021/ic9810384
DO - 10.1021/ic9810384
M3 - Article
C2 - 11671099
AN - SCOPUS:33846296565
VL - 38
SP - 3523
EP - 3528
JO - Inorganic Chemistry
JF - Inorganic Chemistry
SN - 0020-1669
IS - 15
ER -