Crystallographic and spectroscopic characterization and reactivities of a mononuclear non-haem iron(III)-superoxo complex

Non-haem iron superoxo species—proposed as key intermediates in catalytic activation of molecular oxygen—have proven difficult to structurally characterize. Here, the authors obtain crystallographic and spectral characterization of a non-haem iron(III)-superoxo species and subsequently study its reactivity.

Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms6440Authors: Seungwoo Hong, Kyle D. Sutherlin, Jiyoung Park, Eunji Kwon, Maxime A. Siegler, Edward I. Solomon, Wonwoo Nam

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