Mechanistic insights into unusual reactions by high valent iron intermediates

Abstract

High valent non heme iron III hydroperoxo and iron IV oxo units are proposed as key oxidizing intermediates in many biological iron dependent oxygenases The oxidant iron IV oxo species were proposed as active oxidant in several catalytic cycles In recent years emphasis on the evaluation of the kinetic and mechanistic insights into the reactivity of iron IV oxo iron III hydroperoxo and other high valent isolabal intermediates have increased In the present work the reactivity studies