Carbon dioxide as modulator of the oxidative properties of dioxygen in the presence of transition metal systems
Abstract
In the presence of transition metal (Fe, Rh) catalysts, CO2 can modulate the oxidative properties of O2 towards tetrahydrofuran (THF) and styrene; the intermediate formation of metal-peroxocarbonate species, [Ln[graphic omitted]], seems to play a key role in these processes.