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A Dramatic Push Effect on the Homolysis of Fe III (OOR) Intermediates To Form Non‐Heme Fe IV O Complexes
Author(s) -
Kaizer József,
Costas Miquel,
Que Lawrence
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200351694
Subject(s) - homolysis , lewis acids and bases , chemistry , photochemistry , heme , medicinal chemistry , radical , stereochemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , enzyme
A pushy Lewis base : Previously unobserved non‐heme Fe IV O intermediates can be trapped in the decay of Fe III OOR species by the addition of Lewis bases (represented by the green sphere) that promote OO bond homolysis (see picture; Fe purple, O red).