A mechanistic investigation of bromoperoxidases mimicking systems. Evidence of a hypobromite-like vanadium intermediate from experimental data and ab initio calculations

Vanadium-Bromoperoxidase-Mimicking Syste

Vanadium-Bromoperoxidase-Mimicking Systems: Direct Evidence of a Hypobromite-Like Vanadium Intermediate

✍ Olga Bortolini; Mauro Carraro; Valeria Conte; Stefano Moro 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 127 KB

## Abstract Here we report a direct observation, by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, of the intermediate [VO(OH~2~)(OH)(OBr)]^+^, which may be involved in the catalytic cycle of the V‐HalPO enzymes. Ab initio calculations also support the stability of such a species. (© Wiley‐VCH Verlag G