Issue 9, 1988

Kinetics of the decomposition of coprohaem compound I in aqueous solution

Abstract

Coprohaem Compound I, formed by oxidation of coproferrihaem {[3,8,13,17-tetramethylporphyrin-2,7,12,18-tetrapropionato(6–)-N21,N22,N23,N24]ferrate(3–)} with peroxyacids in reactions of 1 : 1 stoicheiometry, decomposes in aqueous solution in the absence of added reductants. The reaction is biphasic and follows series first-order kinetics. The formation of a coprohaem Compound II intermediate has been implicated. When the initial ratio of [peroxyacid] : [coproferrihaem] was ⩽ 1, an approximately constant proportion (75–80%) of the Compound I initially formed was reduced back to coproferrihaem and the remainder was converted into products which were non-absorbing in the Soret and visible spectral regions. It is proposed that coproferrihaem Compound I undergoes a rate-determining reaction with water, probably involving nucleophilic attack at the porphyrin meso positions, to form species which are susceptible to rapid oxidative attack by other Compound I molecules and resulting in the reduction of 3–4 molecules of Compound I for each molecule of Compound I oxidatively destroyed.

Article information

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J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1988, 2273-2278

Kinetics of the decomposition of coprohaem compound I in aqueous solution

K. R. Bretscher and P. Jones, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1988, 2273 DOI: 10.1039/DT9880002273

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