Ozone as primary oxidant in iron(III) porphyrin catalyzed hydroxylation of hydrocarbons

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S1381-1169(96)00258-0

Iron porphyrins with halogen substituents at the β-pyrrole positions are found to be poorer catalysts for hydroxylation of ethylbenzene by ozone than the corresponding unsubstituted complexes. For the best catalyst, the chloroiron(III) complex of tetra-(2