μ-oxo diferric complexes as oxidation catalysts with hydrogen peroxide and their potential in asymmetric oxidation

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(97)00710-7

Non-heme diiron complexes, as models of methane monooxygenase, provide a new class of catalysts for oxidation reactions. We show here that such complexes have the potential for catalyzing stereoselective oxidations of sulfides by hydrogen peroxide.