Abstract
The active oxidant that oxygenates organic substrates is an iron(IV) oxo intermediate, namely, [(tpa)FeIV(O)(CH3CN)]2+ (2), which is formed through O-O bond homolysis, according to experimental and computational studies on the reactivity of nonheme iron(III) alkylperoxo complex [(tpa)FeIII(OOtBu)(CH3CN)]2+ (1), which was shown to be a sluggish electrophilic oxidant that is incapable of oxygenating organic substrates. tpa = tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine. (Chemical Equation Presented).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2291-2294 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 13 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- Density functional calculations
- Enzyme models
- Iron
- Oxo ligands
- Oxygenation