Alexis Deloffre, Sabine Halut, Laurent Salles, Jean-Marie Brégeault, José Ribeiro Gregorio, Bernard Denise and Henri Rudler
A methyl mono-oxo rhenium(V) complex with two picolinato chelating ligands has been synthesized and structurally characterized. When reacted with excess 10 or 30% H2O2 it forms peroxo species responsible for the catalytic activity of a highly selective two-phase medium.