Mechanistic insight into the hydroxylation of alkanes by a nonheme iron(V)-oxo complex.
Hydroxylation of alkanes by a mononuclear nonheme iron(V)-oxo complex, [Fe(V)(O)(TAML)](-), is initiated by a rate-determining hydrogen atom (H-atom) abstraction, followed by an oxygen non-rebound process. Evidence for the H-atom abstraction-oxygen non-rebound mechanism is obtained experimentally and supported by DFT calculations.
Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea. wwnam@ewha.ac.kr.
Eunji
E
Kwon
Kyung-Bin
KB
Cho
Seungwoo
S
Hong
Wonwoo
W
Nam
D000473:Alkanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D003510:Cyclohexanes / Q000737:chemistry; D006900:Hydroxylation; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011789:Quantum Theory
D000473:Alkanes; D003510:Cyclohexanes; C066318:perferryl iron; C506365:Cyclohexane; D007501:Iron