Proton- and reductant-assisted dioxygen activation by a nonheme iron(II) complex to form an oxoiron(IV) intermediate

Aurore Thibon, Jason England, Marlène Martinho, Victor G. Young, Jonathan R. Frisch, Régis Guillot, Jean Jacques Girerd, Eckard Münck, Lawrence Que, Frédéric Banse

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Abstract

(Figure Presented) With a little help from some friends: With the aid of HClO4 as proton and BPh4- as electron source, the Fe complex of a pentadentate pyridyl-appended cyclam ligand can activate dioxygen to yield the corresponding oxoiron(IV) complex (see scheme; TMC-py=1-(2′-pyridylmethyl)-4,8,11-trimethyl-1,4,8,11- tetraazacyclotetradecane; C gray, Fe magenta, N blue, O red). This transformation is proposed to occur via a hydroperoxoiron(III) intermediate.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)7064-7067
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume47
Issue number37
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2008

Keywords

  • Iron
  • Macrocyclic ligands
  • N ligands
  • O-O activation
  • Oxo ligands

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