Iron-assisted oxidative radical C-C bond cleavage

Laurent Bénisvy, Jean Claude Chottard, Jérôme Marrot, Yun Li

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Abstract

The N2SO ligand, bis(N-methylimidazol-2-yl)-2-methylthio-ethanol (L), when coordinated to Fe3+ or Fe2+, undergoes a radical C-C bond cleavage in air, to form bis(N-methylimidazol-2-yl) ketone (Me2-BIK).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)999-1002
Number of pages4
JournalEuropean Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Mar 2005
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Imidazole ligand
  • Iron
  • Multidentate ligand
  • Radical fragmentation
  • Thioether ligand
  • X-ray diffraction

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