Transition metal-oxo's are also capable of abstracting strong C–H, N–H, and O–H bonds. Cytochrome P450 contains a high-valent iron-oxo which is capable of abstracting hydrogen atoms from strong C–H bonds.
Some of the longest known and most widely used oxo compounds are oxidizing agents such as potassium permanganate (KMnO4) and osmium tetroxide (OsO4). Compounds such as these are widely used for converting alkenes to vicinal diols and alcohols to ketones or carboxylic acids. More selective or gentler oxidizing reagents include pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) and pyridinium dichromate (PDC). Metal oxo species are capable of catalytic, including asymmetric oxidations of various types. Some metal-oxo complexes promote C-H bond activation, converting hydrocarbons to alcohols.
The oxo ligand (or analogous sulfido ligand) is nearly ubiquitous in molybdenum and tungsten chemistry, appearing in the ores containing these elements, throughout their synthetic chemistry, and also in their biological role (aside from nitrogenase). The biologically transported species and starting point for biosynthesis is generally accepted to be oxometallates MoO42− or WO42−. All Mo/W enzymes, again except nitrogenase, are bound to one or more molybdopterin prosthetic group. The Mo/W centers generally cycle between hexavalent (M(VI)) and tetravalent (M(IV)) states. Although there is some variation among these enzymes, members from all three families involve oxygen atom transfer between the Mo/W center and the substrate. Representative reactions from each of the three structural classes are:
The three different classes of molybdenum cofactors are shown in the adjacent figure. The biological use of tungsten mirrors that of molybdenum.
The term "oxo wall" is a theory used to describe the fact that no terminal oxo complexes are known for metal centers with octahedral symmetry and d-electron counts beyond 5.
The iridium oxo complex Ir(O)(mesityl)3 may appear to be an exception to the oxo-wall rule, but it is not because the complex is non-octahedral. The trigonal symmetry reorders the metal d-orbitals below the degenerate MO π* pair. In three-fold symmetric complexes, multiple MO bonding is allowed for as many as 7 d-electrons.
Terminal oxo ligands are also rather rare for the titanium triad, especially zirconium and hafnium and are unknown for group 3 metals (scandium, yttrium, and lanthanum).
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