Interplay of Tunneling, Two-State Reactivity, and Bell–Evans–Polanyi Effects in C–H Activation by Nonheme Fe(IV)O Oxidants
文摘
The study of C–H bond activation reactions by nonheme FeIVO species with nine hydrocarbons shows that the kinetic isotope effect (KIE) involves strong tunneling and is a signature of the reactive spin states. Theory reproduces the observed spike-like appearance of plots of KIEexp against the C−H bond dissociation energy, and its origins are discussed. The experimentally observed Bell–Evans–Polanyi correlations, in the presence of strong tunneling, are reproduced, and the pattern is rationalized.