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    C(sp<sup>3</sup>)–H Bond Hydroxylation Catalyzed by Myoglobin Reconstituted with Manganese Porphycene

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    Myoglobin reconstituted with manganese porphycene was prepared in an effort to generate a new biocatalyst and was characterized by spectroscopic techniques. The X-ray crystal structure of the reconstituted protein reveals that the artificial cofactor is located in the intrinsic heme-binding site with weak ligation by His93. Interestingly, the reconstituted protein catalyzes the H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>-dependent hydroxylation of ethylbenzene to yield 1-phenylethanol as a single product with a turnover number of 13 at 25 °C and pH 8.5. Native myoglobin and other modified myoglobins do not catalyze C–H hydroxylation of alkanes. Isotope effect experiments yield KIE values of 2.4 and 6.1 for ethylbenzene and toluene, respectively. Kinetic data, log <i>k</i><sub>obs</sub> versus BDE­(C­(sp<sup>3</sup>)–H) for ethylbenzene, toluene, and cyclohexane, indicate a linear relationship with a negative slope. These findings clearly indicate that the reaction occurs via a rate-determining step that involves hydrogen-atom abstraction by a Mn­(O) species and a subsequent rebound hydroxylation process which is similar to the reaction mechanism of cytochrome P450

    Manganese(V) Porphycene Complex Responsible for Inert C–H Bond Hydroxylation in a Myoglobin Matrix

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    A mechanistic study of H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>-dependent C–H bond hydroxylation by myoglobin reconstituted with a manganese porphycene was carried out. The X-ray crystal structure of the reconstituted protein obtained at 1.5 Å resolution reveals tight incorporation of the complex into the myoglobin matrix at pH 8.5, the optimized pH value for the highest turnover number of hydroxylation of ethylbenzene. The protein generates a spectroscopically detectable two-electron oxidative intermediate in a reaction with peracid, which has a half-life up to 38 s at 10 °C. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of the intermediate with perpendicular and parallel modes are silent, indicating formation of a low-spin Mn<sup>V</sup>-oxo species. In addition, the Mn<sup>V</sup>-oxo species is capable of promoting the hydroxylation of sodium 4-ethylbenzenesulfonate under single turnover conditions with an apparent second-order rate constant of 2.0 M<sup>–1</sup> s<sup>–1</sup> at 25 °C. Furthermore, the higher bond dissociation enthalpy of the substrate decreases the rate constant, in support of the proposal that the H-abstraction is one of the rate-limiting steps. The present engineered myoglobin serves as an artificial metalloenzyme for inert C–H bond activation via a high-valent metal species similar to the species employed by native monooxygenases such as cytochrome P450
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