Oxo-and hydroxo-bridged diiron (III) porphyrin dimers: Inorganic and bio-inorganic perspectives and effects of intermacrocyclic interactions

T Guchhait, S Sasmal, FST Khan, SP Rath - Coordination Chemistry …, 2017 - Elsevier
Oxo-and hydroxo-bridged diiron active centers are common structural motifs found in a
variety of proteins in biology. The highly versatile oxo/hydroxo-bridged dimetallic centers …

Multiheme proteins: effect of heme–heme interactions

D Lai, FST Khan, SP Rath - Dalton Transactions, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The family of multiheme proteins constitutes one of the fascinating molecular machineries
designed by Nature to execute a large variety of functions. A high level of conservation …

Highly Oxidized Cobalt Porphyrin Dimer: Control of Spin Coupling via a Bridge

S Sanfui, M Usman, S Sarkar, S Pramanik… - Inorganic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A cobalt porphyrin dimer is constructed in which two Co (II) porphyrins are connected
covalently through a redox-active diethylpyrrole moiety via a flexible but “nonconjugated” …

Stable Dication Diradicals of Triply Fused Metallo Chlorin‐Porphyrin Heterodimers: Impact of the Bridge on the Control of Spin Coupling to Reactivity

SJ Shah, YA Pandit, E Garribba… - … –A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We report an unexpected rearrangement, controlled by the nature of the bridge, leading to
the formation of novel, remarkably stable triply fused dinickel (II)/dicopper (II) chlorin …

Electronic Coupling and Electrocatalysis in Redox Active Fused Iron Corroles

A Mizrahi, S Bhowmik, AK Manna, W Sinha… - Inorganic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conjugated arrays composed of corrole macrocycles are increasingly more common, but
their chemistry still lags behind that of their porphyrin counterparts. Here, we report on the …

Cooperativity in Diiron (III) porphyrin Dication Diradical-Catalyzed Oxa-Diels–Alder Reactions: Spectroscopic and Mechanistic Insights

S Sarkar, P Sarkar, D Samanta, SK Pati, SP Rath - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Here, we delineate a maiden example of a diiron (III) dication diradical porphyrin dimer as a
competent catalyst for the oxa-Diels–Alder type reaction of aldehydes with 1, 3-dienes …

Long-Range Intramolecular Spin Coupling through a Redox-Active Bridge upon Stepwise Oxidations: Control and Effect of Metal Ions

YA Pandit, SJ Shah, M Usman, S Sarkar… - Inorganic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Dinickel (II) and dicopper (II) porphyrin dimers have been constructed in which two
metalloporphyrin units are widely separated by a long unconjugated dipyrrole bridge. Two …

Heme–Heme Interactions in Diheme Cytochromes: Effect of Mixed-Axial Ligation on the Electronic Structure and Electrochemical Properties

FST Khan, D Samanta, D Chandel, SJ Shah… - Inorganic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Diheme cytochromes, the simplest members in the multiheme family, play substantial
biochemical roles in enzymatic catalysis as well as in electron transfer. A series of diiron (III) …

Hydroxo-bridged diiron (III) and dimanganese (III) bisporphyrins: modulation of metal spins by counter anions

FST Khan, T Guchhait, S Sasmal, SP Rath - Dalton Transactions, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The chemistry of oxo/hydroxo-bridged diheme centers, connected covalently through
bridges, has attracted much attention recently. Close approach of the two heme centers in …

Diheme Cytochrome c: Structure–Function Correlation and Effect of Heme−Heme Interactions

FST Khan, S Banerjee, D Kumar, SP Rath - Inorganic Chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
We explore here the structure–function relationship of the diheme cytochrome c using
synthetic diheme analogs which serve as a convenient tool to investigate various aspects of …