Replica of a Fishy Enzyme: Structure–Function Analogue of Trimethylamine-N-Oxide Reductase

Three new complexes, [MoIVO(mnt)(SS)]2- (SS = dimethylethylenedicarboxylate (DMED), toluenedithiolate (tdt), benzenedithiolate (bdt); mnt = maleonitriledithiolate), each possessing two different dithiolene ligands, are synthesized as model of trimethylamine-N-oxide reductase. The asymmetric dithiolene ligands present in these complexes simulate the two different (P and Q) pterin coordinations in the family of DMSO reductase. These complexes...