Spectroscopic investigation of the reaction of metallo-protoporphyrins with hydrogen sulfide.

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is the most recently discovered gasotransmitter molecule joining nitric oxide and carbon monoxide. In addition to being biologically important gases, these gasotransmitters also provide distinct modes of reactivity with biomimetic metal complexes. The majority of previous investigations on the reactivity of H2S with bioinorganic models have focused on Fe-based porphyrin systems, whereas investigations with other metals remains underinvestigated. To address this gap, we report here an examination of the reactions of H2S, HS-, and S8 with MgII, CuII, CoII, ZnII, CrII, SnIV, and MnII/III protoporphyrins.