Exploring the carbonic anhydrase-mimetic [(PMDTA)2Zn II2(OH−)2]2+ for nitric oxide monooxygenation†
Abstract
In biology, nitrite (NO2−) serves as a storage pool of nitric oxide (NO); however, the formation of NO2− from NO is still under investigation. Here, we report the NO monooxygenation (NOM) reaction of a ZnII–hydroxide complex (1), producing a ZnII–nitrito complex {2, (ZnII–NO2−)} + H2.