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Article citation: Natarajan Anitha, Dalton Trans., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/b915059e

Selective extradiol cleavage of catechol achieved in organized assemblies using [Fe(BPA)Cl3] (BPA = bis(pyridylmethyl)amine)

Natarajan Anitha and Mallayan Palaniandavar

The complex [Fe(L)Cl3], where L is bis(pyridylmethyl)amine, yields 89% of intradiol products and traces of extradiol products in DMF, but yields 84% of extradiol products in SDS micellar medium, illustrating the attainment of regioselective catechol cleavage.

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