TY - JOUR
T1 - Gas-phase synthesis and structure of monomeric ZnOH
T2 - A model species for metalloenzymes and catalytic surfaces
AU - Zack, Lindsay N.
AU - Sun, Ming
AU - Bucchino, Matthew P.
AU - Clouthier, Dennis J.
AU - Ziurys, Lucy M.
PY - 2012/2/16
Y1 - 2012/2/16
N2 - Monomeric ZnOH has been studied for the first time using millimeter and microwave gas-phase spectroscopy. ZnOH is important in surface processes and at the active site of the enzyme carbonic anhydrase. In the millimeter-wave direct-absorption experiments, ZnOH was synthesized by reacting zinc vapor, produced in a Broida-type oven, with water. In the Fourier-transform microwave measurements, ZnOH was produced in a supersonic jet expansion of CH 3OH and zinc vapor, created by laser ablation. Multiple rotational transitions of six ZnOH isotopologues in their X 2A′ ground states were measured over the frequency range of 22-482 GHz, and splittings due to fine and hyperfine structure were resolved. An asymmetric top pattern was observed in the spectra, showing that ZnOH is bent, indicative of covalent bonding. From these data, spectroscopic constants and an accurate structure were determined. The Zn-O bond length was found to be similar to that in carbonic anhydrase and other model enzyme systems.
AB - Monomeric ZnOH has been studied for the first time using millimeter and microwave gas-phase spectroscopy. ZnOH is important in surface processes and at the active site of the enzyme carbonic anhydrase. In the millimeter-wave direct-absorption experiments, ZnOH was synthesized by reacting zinc vapor, produced in a Broida-type oven, with water. In the Fourier-transform microwave measurements, ZnOH was produced in a supersonic jet expansion of CH 3OH and zinc vapor, created by laser ablation. Multiple rotational transitions of six ZnOH isotopologues in their X 2A′ ground states were measured over the frequency range of 22-482 GHz, and splittings due to fine and hyperfine structure were resolved. An asymmetric top pattern was observed in the spectra, showing that ZnOH is bent, indicative of covalent bonding. From these data, spectroscopic constants and an accurate structure were determined. The Zn-O bond length was found to be similar to that in carbonic anhydrase and other model enzyme systems.
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U2 - 10.1021/jp209875a
DO - 10.1021/jp209875a
M3 - Article
C2 - 22224369
AN - SCOPUS:84857301698
SN - 1089-5639
VL - 116
SP - 1542
EP - 1550
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry A
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry A
IS - 6
ER -