The Goldberg Group shows the first structural evidence of a nonheme FeIII(OH)(Cl) complex, relevant to the intermediate of nonheme halogenases. They also investigated the hydroxylation versus halogenation reactivity of this complex with tertiary carbon radicals.
Determining the Inherent Selectivity for Carbon Radical Hydroxylation versus Halogenation with FeIII(OH)(X) Complexes
David Goldberg
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Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020