An investigation of ligand effects on the visible light-induced formation of porphyrin–iron(<scp>iv</scp>)-oxo intermediates

Abstract

Depending on the structure of the porphyrin ligands, the visible light photolysis of porphyrin–iron(<sc>iii</sc>) bromates produced iron(<sc>iv</sc>)-oxo radical cations or iron(<sc>iv</sc>)-oxo porphyrins, permitting direct kinetic studies of their oxidation reactions.