title: Catalytic oxidation of alkanes by iron bispidine complexes and dioxygen: oxygen activation versus autoxidation.
abstract: Organic substrates (specifically cis-1,2-dimethylcyclohexane, DMCH) are oxidized by O2 in the presence of iron(II)-bispidine complexes. It is shown that this oxidation reaction is not based on O2 activation by the nonheme iron catalysts as in Nature but due to a radical-based initiation, followed by a radical- and ferryl-based catalytic reaction.
authors.affiliation: Universität Heidelberg, Anorganisch-Chemisches Institut, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. peter.comba@aci.uni-heidelberg.de.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Comba
authors.forename: Yong-Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Wonwoo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.forename: Arkadius
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Waleska
mesh_terms: D000473:Alkanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000737:chemistry; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; D019086:Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; C495809:bispidine; D007501:Iron; D010100:Oxygen