Aliphatic Hydroxylation by a Bis(μ-oxo)dicopper(III) Complex
- 12 January 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English
- Vol. 39 (2) , 398-400
- https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(20000117)39:2<398::aid-anie398>3.0.co;2-2
Abstract
By using molecular oxygen bis(μ‐oxo)dicopper(III) complexes can be produced from CuI complexes with ligand LX (LX=p‐substituted N‐ethyl‐N‐[2‐(2‐pyridyl)ethyl]‐2‐phenylethylamine; X=OMe, Me, H, Cl, NO2) in which the benzylic position of the ligand is activated and hydroxylated by the Cu2O2 core (see reaction scheme). Detailed characterization of this new C−H bond activation reaction by the bis(μ‐oxo)dicopper(III) core reveals important information on the fundamental chemistry underlying copper monooxygenase reactivity.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: