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- Title
Zinc Substitution of Cobalt in Vitamin B<sub>12</sub>: Zincobyric acid and Zincobalamin as Luminescent Structural B<sub>12</sub>‐Mimics.
- Authors
Kieninger, Christoph; Baker, Joseph A.; Podewitz, Maren; Wurst, Klaus; Jockusch, Steffen; Lawrence, Andrew D.; Deery, Evelyne; Gruber, Karl; Liedl, Klaus R.; Warren, Martin J.; Kräutler, Bernhard
- Abstract
Replacing the central cobalt ion of vitamin B12 by other metals has been a long‐held aspiration within the B12‐field. Herein, we describe the synthesis from hydrogenobyric acid of zincobyric acid (Znby) and zincobalamin (Znbl), the Zn‐analogues of the natural cobalt‐corrins cobyric acid and vitamin B12, respectively. The solution structures of Znby and Znbl were studied by NMR‐spectroscopy. Single crystals of Znby were produced, providing the first X‐ray crystallographic structure of a zinc corrin. The structures of Znby and of computationally generated Znbl were found to resemble the corresponding CoII‐corrins, making such Zn‐corrins potentially useful for investigations of B12‐dependent processes. The singlet excited state of Znby had a short life‐time, limited by rapid intersystem crossing to the triplet state. Znby allowed the unprecedented observation of a corrin triplet (ET=190 kJ mol−1) and was found to be an excellent photo‐sensitizer for 1O2 (ΦΔ=0.70).
- Subjects
VITAMIN B12; VITAMINS; ZINC; SINGLE crystals; TRETINOIN; COBALT; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; VITAMIN B2
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie, 2019, Vol 131, Issue 41, p14710
- ISSN
0044-8249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ange.201908428