Phenylalanine is hydroxylated by aqueous H2O2 in the presence of a catalytic amount of an artificial water-soluble iron porphyrin complex (1) to give mono-hydroxylated and dihydroxylated products, i.e., tyrosine and dihydroxyphenylalanine, which are obtained in good yields.
T. Shimidzu, T. Iyoda and N. Kanda, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1981, 1206 DOI: 10.1039/C39810001206
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