Hydrogen-Atom Transfer Oxidation with HO Catalyzed by [FeII(1,2-bis(2,2'-bipyridyl-6-yl)ethane(HO)]: Likely Involvement of a (μ-Hydroxo)(μ-1,2-peroxo)diiron(III) Intermediate

Overview

Journal Isr J Chem

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2018 Jan 17

PMID 29335656

Authors

Alexander M Khenkin

Madhu Vedichi

Linda J W Shimon

Matthew A Cranswick

Johannes E M N Klein

Lawrence Que Jr

Ronny Neumann

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Abstract

The iron(II) triflate complex () of 1,2-bis(2,2'-bipyridyl-6-yl)ethane, with two bipyridine moieties connected by an ethane bridge, was prepared. Addition of aqueous 30% HO to an acetonitrile solution of yielded , a green compound with λ=710 nm. Moessbauer measurements on showed a doublet with an isomer shift (δ) of 0.35 mm/s and a quadrupole splitting (Δ) of 0.86 mm/s, indicative of an antiferromagnetically coupled diferric complex. Resonance Raman spectra showed peaks at 883, 556 and 451 cm that downshifted to 832, 540 and 441 cm when was treated with HO. All the spectroscopic data support the initial formation of a (μ-hydroxo)(μ-1,2-peroxo)diiron(III) complex that oxidizes carbon-hydrogen bonds. At 0°C reacted with cyclohexene to yield allylic oxidation products but not epoxide. Weak benzylic C-H bonds of alkylarenes were also oxidized. A plot of the logarithms of the second order rate constants versus the bond dissociation energies of the cleaved C-H bond showed an excellent linear correlation. Along with the observation that oxidation of the probe substrate 2,2-dimethyl-1-phenylpropan-1-ol yielded the corresponding ketone but no benzaldehyde, and the kinetic isotope effect, , of 2.8 found for the oxidation of xanthene, the results support the hypothesis for a metal-based H-atom abstraction mechanism. Complex is a rare example of a (μ-hydroxo)(μ-1,2-peroxo)diiron(III) complex that can elicit the oxidation of carbon-hydrogen bonds.

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