Unexpected Imidazole Coordination to the Dirhodium Center in a Protein Environment: Insights from X-ray Crystallography and Quantum Chemistry.
Loreto, D., Fasulo, F., Munoz-Garcia, A.B., Pavone, M., Merlino, A.(2022) Inorg Chem 61: 8402-8405
- PubMed: 35609175 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01370
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
7QHR - PubMed Abstract: 
X-ray diffraction data demonstrate that the adduct formed upon the reaction of dirhodium(II,II) tetraacetate with RNase A reacts with imidazole, leading to the formation of an unexpected product with the imidazole that binds the dirhodium center at an equatorial site rather than an axial site. The origin of this result has been dissected using quantum-chemical calculations.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia, Napoli I-80126, Italy.