Confinement of a bioinspired nonheme Fe(II) complex in 2D hexagonal mesoporous silica with metal site isolation.

A mixed amine pyridine polydentate Fe(II) complex was covalently tethered in hexagonal mesoporous silica of the MCM-41 type. Metal site isolation was generated using adsorbed tetramethylammonium cations acting as a patterned silanol protecting mask and trimethylsilylazane as a capping agent. Then, the amine/pyridine ligand bearing a tethering triethoxysilane group was either grafted to such a pretreated silica surface prior to or after complexation to Fe(II).

Hydroxylation of aromatics with the help of a non-haem FeOOH: a mechanistic study under single-turnover and catalytic conditions.

Ferric-hydroperoxo complexes have been identified as intermediates in the catalytic cycle of biological oxidants, but their role as key oxidants is still a matter of debate. Among the numerous synthetic low-spin Fe(III)(OOH) complexes characterized to date, [(L(5)(2))Fe(OOH)](2+) is the only one that has been isolated in the solid state at low temperature, which has provided a unique opportunity for inspecting its oxidizing properties under single-turnover conditions. In this report we show that [(L(5)(2))Fe(OOH)](2+) decays in the presence of aromatic substrates, such as anisole and benzene in acetonitrile, with first-order kinetics.