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Efficient and Selective Oxidation of Primary and Secondary Alcohols Using an Iron(III)/Phenanthroline Complex: Structural Studies and Catalytic Activity
Author(s) -
Biswas Bhaskar,
AlHunaiti Afnan,
Räisänen Minna T.,
Ansaloni Simone,
Leskelä Markku,
Repo Timo,
Chen YenTung,
Tsai HuiLien,
Naik Anil D.,
Railliet Antoine P.,
Garcia Yann,
Ghosh Rajarshi,
Kole Niranjan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european journal of inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1099-0682
pISSN - 1434-1948
DOI - 10.1002/ejic.201200658
Subject(s) - chemistry , catalysis , phenanthroline , alcohol oxidation , octahedron , primary (astronomy) , redox , oxidation state , octahedral molecular geometry , mössbauer spectroscopy , medicinal chemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , crystallography , molecule , crystal structure , physics , astronomy
An efficient catalytic system for the oxidation of alcohols has been developed by using iron(III) catalyst [Fe(phen) 2 Cl 2 ]NO 3 ( 1 ) (phen = 1,10‐phenanthroline) and H 2 O 2 as terminal oxidant. A series of primary and secondary alcohols were oxidized into aldehydes and ketones in good yields and excellent selectivities after a short reaction time. The mononuclear iron(III) complex [Fe(phen) 2 Cl 2 ]NO 3 was characterized by several independent methods. The X‐ray structure shows distorted octahedral geometry around the Fe III center, which is in a high‐spin state ( S = 5/2) according to Mössbauer study.