Abstract
Reactions of N,N-dimethylaniline (DMA) with nonheme iron(IV)-oxo and iron(IV)-tosylimido complexes occur via different mechanisms, such as an N-demethylation of DMA by a nonheme iron(IV)-oxo complex or an electron transfer dimerization of DMA by a nonheme iron(IV)-tosylimido complex. The change in the reaction mechanism results from the greatly enhanced electron transfer reactivity of the iron(IV)-tosylimido complex, such as the much more positive one-electron reduction potential and the smaller reorganization energy during electron transfer, as compared to the electron transfer properties of the corresponding iron(IV)-oxo complex.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3709-3713 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 7 Mar 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the NRF of Korea through CRI (NRF-2012R1A3A2048842 to W.N.), GRL (NRF-2010-00353 to W.N.) and ALCA and SENTAN projects from JST, Japan (to S.F.) and JSPS (26620154 and 26288037) from MEXT (to K.O.).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Keywords
- N-demethylation
- bioinorganic chemistry
- electron transfer
- iron(IV)-imido complexes
- mechanisms