Small-molecule mimics of rieske oxygenases. Application to selective aliphatic C-H hydroxylation and olefin syn-dihydroxylation
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Oxidations are an important kind of reactions which are traditionally performed using
stoichiometric oxidants that generate a large amount of waste.
Syn-dihydroxylation of alkenes is a paradigmatic example because it is a cornerstone reaction
in organic synthesis that still relies in the use of heavy metal oxides, specially Os and Ru
based oxides in catalytic amounts, but also KMnO4, in stoichiometric amounts. Acetonitrile
and halogenated solvents are widely used solvents in these reactions because of their robust
nature against oxidants. However, metal catalyzed oxidations in green solvents are basically
unknown. Rieske oxygenases are nonheme iron enzymes that catalyzes the olefin cisdihydroxylation
among other reactions. Is well know that the FeV(O)(OH) species play a key
role as intermediates in arene dihydroxylation catalyzed by Rieske oxygenases. However, the
inability to accumulate these intermediates in solution has thus far prevented their
spectroscopic and chemical characterization.
In this thesis, we were able to synthetizes an iron catalyst bearing a sterically encumbered
tetradentate ligand. The steric demand of the ligand was envisioned as a key element to
support a high catalytic activity by preventing bimolecular decomposition paths, and facilitating
product release. This catalyst provides good to excellent yields of syn-diol products (up to
97% isolated yield) of a broad range of olefins
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