New mechanistic insights into intramolecular aromatic ligand hydroxylation and benzyl alcohol oxidation initiated by the well-defined (μ-peroxo)diiron(iii) complex

Mio Sekino; Hideki Furutachi; Rina Tojo; Ayumi Hishi; Hanako Kajikawa; Takatoshi Suzuki; Kaito Suzuki; Shuhei Fujinami; Shigehisa Akine; Yoko Sakata; Takehiro Ohta; Shinya Hayami; Masatatsu Suzuki

doi:10.1039/c7cc04382a

New mechanistic insights into intramolecular aromatic ligand hydroxylation and benzyl alcohol oxidation initiated by the well-defined (μ-peroxo)diiron(iii) complex

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Aug 3;53(63):8838-8841. doi: 10.1039/c7cc04382a.

Authors

Mio Sekino¹, Hideki Furutachi, Rina Tojo, Ayumi Hishi, Hanako Kajikawa, Takatoshi Suzuki, Kaito Suzuki, Shuhei Fujinami, Shigehisa Akine, Yoko Sakata, Takehiro Ohta, Shinya Hayami, Masatatsu Suzuki

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Division of Material Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan. h-furutachi@se.kanazawa-u.ac.jp.

PMID: 28726874
DOI: 10.1039/c7cc04382a

Abstract

A (μ-peroxo)diiron(iii) complex [Fe₂(L^Ph₄)(O₂)(Ph₃CCO₂)]²⁺ (1-O₂) with a dinucleating ligand (L^Ph₄), generated from the reaction of a carboxylate bridged diiron(ii) complex [Fe₂(L^Ph₄)(Ph₃CCO₂)]²⁺ (1) with dioxygen in CH₂Cl₂, provides a diiron(iv)-oxo species as an active oxidant which is involved in either aromatic ligand hydroxylation or benzyl alcohol oxidation.