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Chem. Commun., 2009, 1772 - 1774, DOI: 10.1039/b821029b


C–H oxidation by hydroxo manganese(V) porphyrins: a DFT study

David Balcells, Christophe Raynaud, Robert H. Crabtree and Odile Eisenstein


A DFT study on toluene oxidation by Mn(V) porphyrins shows that both MnV(O) and, remarkably, MnV(OH) are potent H-atom abstractors.

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