Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

Indefinitely stable iron(IV) cage complexes formed in water by air oxidation

  • Stefania Tomyn,
  • Sergii I. Shylin,
  • Dmytro Bykov,
  • Vadim Ksenofontov,
  • Elzbieta Gumienna-Kontecka,
  • Volodymyr Bon,
  • Igor O. Fritsky

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14099
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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High-valent iron compounds do not form spontaneously under ambient conditions and those that are synthetically available are rarely stable. Here, the authors synthesize stable iron(IV) hexahydrazide clathrochelate complexes in aqueous media via a metal-templated reaction accompanied by aerobic oxidation.