Water as an oxygen source in the generation of mononuclear nonheme iron(IV) oxo complexes

Yong Min Lee, Sunder N. Dhuri, Sarvesh C. Sawant, Jaeheung Cho, Minoru Kubo, Takashi Ogura, Shunichi Fukuzumi, Wonwoo Nam

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Abstract

Give me an "O"! Mononuclear nonheme iron(IV) oxo complexes have been generated using water as an oxygen source and cerium(IV) as an oxidant. The high-yield oxygenation of organic substrates in this system (see picture, Fe green, O red, N blue, C gray) is catalyzed by iron(II) complexes. The source of oxygen in the iron(IV) oxo complexes and the oxygenated products has been assigned unambiguously by isotopic labeling experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1803-1806
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume48
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Feb 2009

Keywords

  • Bioinorganic chemistry
  • Enzyme models
  • Iron
  • Oxygenation
  • Reaction mechanisms

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