Functional Enzyme Mimics for Oxidative Halogenation Reactions that Combat Biofilm Formation.

Transition-metal oxide nanoparticles and molecular coordination compounds are highlighted as functional mimics of halogenating enzymes. These enzymes are involved in halometabolite biosynthesis. Their activity is based upon the formation of hypohalous acids from halides and hydrogen peroxide or oxygen, which form bioactive secondary metabolites of microbial origin with strong antibacterial and antifungal activities in follow-up reactions.

Haloperoxidase Mimicry by CeO Nanorods Combats Biofouling.

CeO nanorods are functional mimics of natural haloperoxidases. They catalyze the oxidative bromination of phenol red to bromophenol blue and of natural signaling molecules involved in bacterial quorum sensing. Laboratory and field tests with paint formulations containing 2 wt% of CeO nanorods show a reduction in biofouling comparable to Cu O, the most typical biocidal pigment.

3,7,11-Tris{4-[(1R,3S,4S)-neomenth-yl-oxy]phen-yl}tri[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a:4',3'-c:4'',3''-e][1,3,5]triazine-chloro-form-ethanol (1/1/1).

The title compound, C54H69N9O3·CHCl3·C2H5OH, was prepared by a threefold nucleophilic substitution of p-neomenthyloxyphenyl-tetra-zole on cyanuric chloride followed by threefold cyclo-elimination of nitro-gen and ring closure. The central tris-triazolotriazine is roughly planar with a maximum deviation of 0.089 (7) Å but the adjacent benzene rings are twisted out of this plane.