Mononuclear Nonheme Iron(III)-Iodosylarene and High-Valent Iron-Oxo Complexes in Olefin Epoxidation Reactions
Article first published online: 13 AUG 2015
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201505796
Abstract
High-spin
iron(III)-iodosylarene complexes are highly reactive in the epoxidation
of olefins, in which epoxides are formed as the major products with high
stereospecificity and enantioselectivity. The reactivity of the
iron(III)-iodosylarene intermediates is much greater than that of the
corresponding iron(IV)-oxo complex in these reactions. The
iron(III)-iodosylarene species—not high-valent iron(IV)-oxo and
iron(V)-oxo species—are also shown to be the active oxidants in
catalytic olefin epoxidation reactions. The present results are
discussed in light of the long-standing controversy on the one oxidant
versus multiple oxidants hypothesis in oxidation reactions.
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