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An Iron(III) Iodosylbenzene Complex: A Masked Non‐Heme Fe V O
Author(s) -
Lennartson Anders,
McKenzie Christine J.
Publication year - 2012
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.201202487
Subject(s) - oxidizing agent , ligand (biochemistry) , combinatorial chemistry , chemistry , flexibility (engineering) , heme , metal , sulfide , catalysis , computer science , organic chemistry , biochemistry , receptor , statistics , mathematics , enzyme
Coordinative flexibility and ligand bifunctionality play important roles in a biomimetic iron complex of a hexadentate ligand (see picture). This system can bind an auxiliary iodosylbenzene ligand to give the first structurally characterized metal complex of this important oxidizing agent. The complex is a protected precursor for Fe V O species, and the selective high‐yielding catalytic oxygenation of a sulfide is demonstrated.