Volume 53, Issue 25 pp. 6388-6392
Communication

Highly Reactive Nonheme Iron(III) Iodosylarene Complexes in Alkane Hydroxylation and Sulfoxidation Reactions

Dr. Seungwoo Hong

Dr. Seungwoo Hong

Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120–750 (Korea)

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Dr. Bin Wang

Dr. Bin Wang

Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120–750 (Korea)

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Dr. Mi Sook Seo

Dr. Mi Sook Seo

Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120–750 (Korea)

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Dr. Yong-Min Lee

Dr. Yong-Min Lee

Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120–750 (Korea)

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Myoung Jin Kim

Myoung Jin Kim

Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120–750 (Korea)

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Prof. Dr. Hyung Rok Kim

Prof. Dr. Hyung Rok Kim

Research Center for Green Catalysis, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Daejeon 305-600 (Korea)

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Prof. Dr. Takashi Ogura

Prof. Dr. Takashi Ogura

Picobiology Institute, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Koto 3-2-1, Kamigori-cho, Ako-gun, Hyogo 678-1297 (Japan)

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Dr. Ricardo Garcia-Serres

Dr. Ricardo Garcia-Serres

University of Grenoble Alpes, LCBM, 38054 Grenoble (France)

CEA, DSV, iRTSV, LCBM, PMB, 38054 Grenoble (France)

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Dr. Martin Clémancey

Dr. Martin Clémancey

CNRS UMR 5249, LCBM, 38054 Grenoble (France)

CEA, DSV, iRTSV, LCBM, PMB, 38054 Grenoble (France)

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Prof. Dr. Jean-Marc Latour

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Jean-Marc Latour

CEA, DSV, iRTSV, LCBM, PMB, 38054 Grenoble (France)

Jean-Marc Latour, CEA, DSV, iRTSV, LCBM, PMB, 38054 Grenoble (France)

Wonwoo Nam, Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120–750 (Korea)

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Prof. Dr. Wonwoo Nam

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Wonwoo Nam

Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120–750 (Korea)

Jean-Marc Latour, CEA, DSV, iRTSV, LCBM, PMB, 38054 Grenoble (France)

Wonwoo Nam, Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120–750 (Korea)

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First published: 12 May 2014
Citations: 60

We gratefully acknowledge research support of this work by the NRF of Korea through CRI (NRF-2012R1A3A2048842 to W.N.), GRL (NRF-2010-00353 to W.N.), and Basic Research Program (2010-0002558 to M.S.S.). J.M.L. acknowledges the support of Labex ARCANE (ANR-11-LABX-0003-01). T.O. acknowledges support by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (No. 25109540) from MEXT (Japan).

Graphical Abstract

An iron boost: High-spin iron(III) iodosylarene complexes bearing an N-methylated cyclam ligand are prepared. The nonheme high-spin iron(III) iodosylarene intermediates are highly reactive oxidants capable of activating strong CH bonds of alkanes. The electrophilic character of the iron(III) iodosylarene complexes is demonstrated in sulfoxidation reactions.

Abstract

High-spin iron(III) iodosylarene complexes bearing an N-methylated cyclam ligand are synthesized and characterized using various spectroscopic methods. The nonheme high-spin iron(III) iodosylarene intermediates are highly reactive oxidants capable of activating strong CH bonds of alkanes; the reactivity of the iron(III) iodosylarene intermediates is much greater than that of the corresponding iron(IV) oxo complex. The electrophilic character of the iron(III) iodosylarene complexes is demonstrated in sulfoxidation reactions.

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