文摘
The oxidation of aryl 1-methyl-1-phenylethyl sulfides promoted by the nonheme iron(IV)–oxo complexes [(N4Py)Fep>IVp>═O]p>2+p> and [(Bn-TPEN)Fep>IVp>═O]p>2+p> occurs by an electron transfer–oxygen rebound (ET–OT) mechanism leading to aryl 1-methyl-1-phenylethyl sulfoxides accompanied by products derived from Cα–S fragmentation of sulfide radical cations (2-phenyl-2-propanol and diaryl disulfides). For the first time, the rate constants for the oxygen rebound process (kOT), which are in the range of <0.8 × 10p>4p> to 3.5 × 10p>4p> sp>–1p>, were determined from the fragmentation rate constants of the radical cations (kf) and the S oxidation/fragmentation product ratios.