Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.40, No.17, 4481-4484, 2001
A mimic molecule of blue copper protein active site [(-)-sparteine-N,N'](maleonitriledithiolato-S,S')copper(II)
A new class of mimic model compounds for the type I copper site has been prepared by introducing the maleotritile-dithiolate, C4N2S22-, into the copper(II) sparteine moiety. The copper atom in the title compound adopts a distorted tetrahedral geometry with a dihedral angle of 68.0 degrees between the CuN2 and the CuS2 planes. The spectroscopic and redox properties of the compound offer a simulation of the copper donor set found in the blue copper protein. [GRAPHICS]