CATALYTIC METALS IN STEP 2

Metal/s Properties in step 2*
MN 398 ASubstrate-bound (1s5n)Product-bound (1s5n)
Oxidation State 2 2
Coordination Geometry octahedral octahedral
Coordination Number 6 6
Notes on step 2--
MN 399 ASubstrate-bound (1s5n)Product-bound (1s5n)
Oxidation State 2 2
Coordination Geometry octahedral octahedral
Coordination Number 6 6
Notes on step 2--

*All the coordination properties are derived from the representative PDBs.
If no PDB is available, when possible, the coordination properties are derived from the MACiE reaction mechanism.


Metal/s Function/s in step 2
MN 398 A
Function Evidence Notes
Increases acidity spectroscopicStudies It increases the acidity of a water molecule which loses a proton and becomes an hydroxide ion
Increases nucleophilicity spectroscopicStudies It increases the nucleophilicity of a water
MN 399 A
Function Evidence Notes
Coordinates substrate spectroscopicStudies-
Electrostatic stabiliser spectroscopicStudies-