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The cytochrome P411 enzyme is a variant of cytochrome P450(BM3) from Bacillus megaterium whose active site is an iron porphyrin imine ([Fe(Por)(NH)](-)) specie. This specie has been reported to successfully promote the primary amination of benzylic and allylic C(sp(3))-H bonds. We employed density functional theory to study the electronic structure of the active site of P411 enzyme and the primary amination of C-H bond reaction that it catalyzes. The calculated spin densities and orbital values indicate the existence of resonance in this specie; namely, [(por)(-OH)Fe-IV-N-2(-)-H](-) <-> [(por)(-OH)Fe-III-N center dot--H](-). The amination of C(sp(3))-H bonds consists of two main reaction steps: hydrogen-atom abstraction and radical recombination, and the former is demonstrated to be the rate-determining step. Furthermore, we studied the regioselectivity of the amination of primary and secondary C(sp(3))-H bonds. Our calculations indicated that the secondary C(sp(3))-H bonds of the substrate would be more favored for the activation by P411 enzyme. These results provide valuable information for understanding the properties and selectivity of C-H/C-N bond-activation reactions catalyzed by the P411 enzyme or other similar enzymes.
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CHINESE JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY
ISSN: 0254-5861
CN: 35-1112/TQ
Year: 2021
Issue: 11
Volume: 40
Page: 1411-1422
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ESI Discipline: CHEMISTRY;
ESI HC Threshold:117
JCR Journal Grade:4
CAS Journal Grade:3
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