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Chem. Commun., 2005, 5301 - 5303, DOI: 10.1039/b508004e


ortho-Hydroxylation of benzoic acids with hydrogen peroxide at a non-heme iron center

Sonia Taktak, Margaret Flook, Bruce M. Foxman, Lawrence Que, Jr.,Elena V. Rybak-Akimova


The iron-assisted hydroxylation of benzoic acid to salicylic acid by 1/H2O2 has been achieved in good yield under mild conditions (where 1 is [Fe(II)(BPMEN)(CH3CN)2](ClO4)2 and BPMEN =N,N-dimethyl-N,N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethane-1,2-diamine); the product of this reaction is a novel mononuclear iron(III) complex with a chelating salicylate.

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