Further evidence for the Fe(II)-Fe(IV) and Fe(III)-Fe(V) manifolds in the substitution of saturated hydrocarbons

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(95)01450-V

The substitution of saturated hydrocarbons by the anions nitrite, thiocyanate, azide and chloride, using H₂O₂ and TBHP as oxidants has been shown to depend upon the Fe(II)-Fe(IV) manifold and to involve radical chemistry. As soon as the Fe(II) has been oxidised to Fe(III), the reactions proceed in the Fe(III)-Fe(V) manifold where oxidation, but no anion substitution, is seen.