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Keywords:

  • coordination modes;
  • iron;
  • ligands;
  • stereochemistry
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. ‥and yet so different. Non-heme iron complexes catalyze the stereoselective oxidation of C[BOND]H and C[DOUBLE BOND]C bonds. Isomeric FeIII-η1-hydroperoxo and FeIII-η2-peroxo complexes (see picture), important intermediates in these reactions, were studied by EPR, resonance Raman, and UV/Vis spectroscopies.