Copper-Mediated Hydroxylation of an Arene: Kinetics and Mechanism of the Reaction of a Dicopper(II) m-Xylyl-Containing Complex with H2O2 To Yield a Phenoxodicopper(II) Complex

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00223a020

The kinetics and mechanism of the hydroxylation by H2O2 of a dicopper(II) complex ⁴⁺ (5) to the phenoxo and hydroxo doubly bridged product ²⁺ (3) are reported.In 50percent H2O/N,N-dimethylformamide the reactio