Experimental and theoretical evidence for nonheme iron(III) alkylperoxo species as sluggish oxidants in oxygenation reactions

Mi Sook Seo, Takashi Kamachi, Tomohisa Kouno, Koji Murata, Mi Joo Park, Kazunari Yoshizawa, Wonwoo Nam

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2291-2294
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume46
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007

Keywords

  • Density functional calculations
  • Enzyme models
  • Iron
  • Oxo ligands
  • Oxygenation

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