An Electrochemical Evidence for the Participation of Iron(IV) Porphyrin Species in the C-C Bond Cleavage of 1,2-Diaryl-1,2-ethanediol

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1988.415

Cyclic voltammogram of as mixture of tetraphenylporphrinatoiron(III) and 1,2-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)ethane-1,2-diol in dichloromethane showed a catalytic wave at the potential corresponding to the oxidation of Fe(III) to Fe(IV).The rate of reaction of Fe(IV) with the diol following the electrochemical process was determined.