title: Mechanistic studies on oxidation of hydrogen peroxide by an oxo-bridged diiron complex in aqueous acidic media.
abstract: A novel Raman spectroscopic model for the dinuclear iron site in ribonucleotide reductase and met-hemerythrin, [Fe2(micro-O)(phen)4(H2O)2]4+, 1, (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline) quantitatively oxidizes hydrogen peroxide to dioxygen via an inner-sphere electron transfer pathway. Although 1 deprotonates to form [Fe2(micro-O)(phen)4(H2O)(OH)]3+ (2) and [Fe2(micro-O)(phen)4(OH)2]2+ (3) in aqueous media, neither 2 nor 3 is reactive in oxidising H2O2. In the presence of excess phen, no phen-releasing equilibria from , and exist. Kinetic evidence of the generation of a (micro-1,2 peroxo)diiron(III,III) intermediate, prior to electron transfer, were obtained. Significant rate retardation in D2O media suggests proton coupled electron transfer (PCET) in the rate determining step of the title redox reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700 032, India. smukhopadhyay@chemistry.jdvu.ac.in
authors.forename: Suranjana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Jhimli
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
authors.forename: Subrata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
mesh_terms: D004579:Electron Transport; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D014867:Water; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D007501:Iron