Abstract
A mononuclear non-heme iron(III)-peroxo complex, [Fe(III)(O2)(13-TMC)]+ (1), was synthesized and characterized spectroscopically; the characterization with electron paramagnetic resonance, Mössbauer, X-ray absorption, and resonance Raman spectroscopies and mass spectrometry supported a high-spin S = 5/2 Fe(III) species binding an O2 unit. A notable observation was an unusually high νO-O at ∼1000 cm-1 for the peroxo ligand. With regard to reactivity, 1 showed electrophilic reactivity in H atom abstraction (HAA) and O atom transfer (OAT) reactions. In the HAT reaction, a kinetic isotope effect (KIE) value of 5.8 was obtained in the oxidation of 9,10-dihydroanthracene. In the OAT reaction, a negative ρ value of -0.61 in the Hammett plot was determined in the oxidation of p-X-substituted thioanisoles. Another interesting observation was the electrophilic reactivity of 1 in the oxidation of benzaldehyde derivatives, such as a negative ρ value of -0.77 in the Hammett plot and a KIE value of 2.2. To the best of our knowledge, the present study reports the first example of a mononuclear non-heme iron(III)-peroxo complex with an unusually high νO-O value and unprecedented electrophilic reactivity in oxidation reactions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 15556-15561 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
Volume | 143 |
Issue number | 38 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 29 Sep 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the NRF of Korea (NRF-2021R1A3B1076539 to W.N. and NRF-2020R1I1A1A01074630 to Y.-M.L.). This research was also supported by NSF (CHE-2004147 to Y.P. and CHE-1654060 to Y.G.). The SSRL Structural Molecular Biology Program is supported by the DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research and by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (P30GM133894). W.Z. thanks the China Scholarship Council (CSC201908360192).
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