A Dramatic Push Effect on the Homolysis of Fe^III(OOR) Intermediates To Form Non‐Heme Fe^IVO Complexes

Abstract

A pushy Lewis base: Previously unobserved non-heme FeIVO intermediates can be trapped in the decay of FeIIIOOR species by the addition of Lewis bases (represented by the green sphere) that promote OO bond homolysis (see picture; Fe purple, O red).