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Cyclotrimerization of phenylacetylene catalyzed by a cobalt half-sandwich complex embedded in an engineered variant of transmembrane protein FhuA

  • A. Thiel
  • , D. F. Sauer
  • , M. A.S. Mertens
  • , T. Polen
  • , H. H. Chen
  • , U. Schwaneberg
  • , J. Okuda

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Abstract

An (η5-cyclopentadienyl)cobalt(i) complex was covalently incorporated into an engineered variant of the transmembrane protein ferric hydroxamate uptake protein component: A, FhuA ΔCVFtev, using a thiol-ene reaction. A CD spectrum shows the structural integrity of the biohybrid catalyst. MALDI-TOF of the segment containing the anchoring site for the cobalt complex Cys545 confirmed successful conjugation. This biohybrid catalyst catalyzed the cyclotrimerization of phenylacetylene to give a mixture of regioisomeric 1,2,4- and 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene in aqueous medium.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5452-5456
Number of pages5
JournalOrganic and Biomolecular Chemistry
Volume16
Issue number30
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

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