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Catalytic and regiospecific extradiol cleavage of catechol by a biomimetic iron complex

Sayanti Chatterjee,^a   Debobrata Sheet^a and  Tapan Kanti Paine*^a  

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Chem. Commun., 2013, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C3CC44124E
Received 01 Jun 2013, Accepted 10 Sep 2013
First published online 10 Sep 2013

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An iron(III)–catecholate complex of a facial tridentate ligand reacts with dioxygen in the presence of ammonium acetate–acetic acid buffer to cleave the aromatic C–C bond of 3,5-di-tert-butylcatechol regiospecifically resulting in the formation of an extradiol product with multiple turnovers.