Oxidation of aromatic alkenes and alkynes catalyzed by a hexa-acetonitrile iron(II) ionic complex [Fe(CH3CN)6][BF4]2

Chew Pheng Yap; Jing Kuang Ng; Sherzod Madrahimov; Ashfaq A. Bengali; Tsz Sian Chwee; Wai Yip Fan

doi:10.1039/C8NJ02226G

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Oxidation of aromatic alkenes and alkynes catalyzed by a hexa-acetonitrile iron(ii) ionic complex [Fe(CH₃CN)₆][BF₄]₂†

Chew Pheng Yap,^a Jing Kuang Ng,^a Sherzod Madrahimov,^b Ashfaq A. Bengali,^b Tsz Sian Chwee

^c and Wai Yip Fan

*^a

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^a Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
E-mail: chmfanwy@nus.edu.sg

^b Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University of Qatar, Doha, Qatar

^c Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 1 Fusionopolis Way, Singapore

Abstract

Oxidative cleavage of aromatic alkenes and oxidation of alkynes have been catalyzed by a simple Fe(II) complex [Fe(CH₃CN)₆][BF₄]₂ using H₂O₂ as an oxidant at room temperature. A free radical mechanism has been proposed involving the peroxy (OOH) radical to account for our experimental findings.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NJ02226G
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 07 May 2018
Accepted: 25 May 2018
First published: 28 May 2018

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New J. Chem., 2018,42, 11131-11136

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Oxidation of aromatic alkenes and alkynes catalyzed by a hexa-acetonitrile iron(II) ionic complex [Fe(CH₃CN)₆][BF₄]₂

C. P. Yap, J. K. Ng, S. Madrahimov, A. A. Bengali, T. S. Chwee and W. Y. Fan, New J. Chem., 2018, 42, 11131 DOI: 10.1039/C8NJ02226G

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