Bioinspired symmetrical and unsymmetrical diiron complexes for selective oxidation catalysis with hydrogen peroxide

Alexandre Trehoux (1) , Régis Guillot (1) , Martin Clémancey (2) , Geneviève Blondin (2) , Jean-Marc Latour (2) , Jean-Pierre Mahy (1) , Frédéric Avenier (1)

1 Equipe de Chimie Bioorganique et Bioinorganique
2 PMB - Physiochimie des Métaux

Two new symmetrical and unsymmetrical diiron(iii) complexes were synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis, mass spectrometry, UV-visible and Mossbauer spectroscopies. They proved to be good catalysts for alkene and alkane oxidation reactions by H2O2 in acetonitrile solution, and interesting effects of both the nature and the symmetry of the complexes were observed on catalysis in the presence of water.

Domaines: Chimie de coordination; Catalyse

Alexandre Trehoux, Régis Guillot, Martin Clémancey, Geneviève Blondin, Jean-Marc Latour, et al.. Bioinspired symmetrical and unsymmetrical diiron complexes for selective oxidation catalysis with hydrogen peroxide. Dalton Transactions, 2020, 49 (46), pp.16657-16661. ⟨10.1039/d0dt03308a⟩. ⟨hal-03087311⟩