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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