Bio-inspired oxidation of methane in water catalyzed by N-bridged diiron phthalocyanine complex

2008/01/01 by Alexander B. Sorokin, E. V. Kudrik, Denis Bouchu · 3 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Materials Science · #Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide #Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms #Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry

paper · doi:10.1039/b804405h

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Abstract

A stable mu-nitrido diiron phthalocyanine activates H2O2 to oxidize CH4 in water at 25-60 degrees C to methanol, formaldehyde and formic acid as evidenced using 13C and 18O labelling.

Citations

• Activation of C−H Bonds by Metal Complexes
• Chemical and Spectroscopic Evidence for an Fe V -Oxo Complex
• An Octahedral Coordination Complex of Iron(VI)

Cited by

• Biologically inspired oxidation catalysis
• Catalytic and Mechanistic Insights of the Low‐Temperature Selective Oxidation of Methane over Cu‐Promoted Fe‐ZSM‐5
• High-valent iron [wikipedia]