Stereospecific C-H oxidation with H2O2 catalyzed by a chemically robust site-isolated iron catalyst

Abstract

Aquest mateix article està publicat a l'edició alemanya d''Angewandte Chemie' (ISSN 0044-8249, EISSN 1521-3757), 2009, vol.121, núm. 31, p. 5830–5833. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.200901865

Check for cavities: An exceptionally active nonheme iron catalyst employs H2O2 as an oxidant for the stereospecific hydroxylation of alkanes (see scheme). The iron site is located in a chemically robust cavity made up by the ligands

Financial support was provided by MCYT of Spain through projects CTQ2006-05367/BQU to M.C. L.G., A.C., and I.G.B. thank MICINN for PhD grants