Autocatalytic dioxygen activation to produce an iron(v)-oxo complex without any reductants†
Abstract
An iron(V)-oxo complex with a tetraamido macrocyclic ligand, [(TAML)FeV(O)]−, was produced by reacting [(TAML)FeIII]− with dioxygen without any electron source in acetone at 298 K. The autocatalytic mechanism of dioxygen activation for the formation of an iron(V)-oxo complex has been clarified based on the autocatalysis by radical chain initiators.