Raymond Y. N. Ho, Lawrence Que Jr., Gerard Roelfes, Ben L. Feringa, Roel Hermant and Ronald Hage
The deprotonation of [FeIII(N4Py)(η1-OOH)]2+ 1 gives [FeIII(N4Py)(η2-OO)]+ 2, as unequivocally demonstrated by resonance Raman spectroscopy, and leads to the loss of alkane hydroxylation activity by 1.