文摘
We report that redox-inactive Sc3+ can trigger O2 activation by the FeII(TMC) center (TMC = tetramethylcyclam) to generate the corresponding oxoiron(IV) complex in the presence of BPh4鈥?/sup> as an electron donor. To model a possible intermediate in the above reaction, we generated an unprecedented Sc3+ adduct of [FeIII(畏2-O2)(TMC)]+ by an alternative route, which was found to have an Fe3+鈥?渭-畏2:畏2-peroxo)鈥揝c3+ core and to convert to the oxoiron(IV) complex. These results have important implications for the role a Lewis acid can play in facilitating O鈥揙 bond cleavage during the course of O2 activation at non-heme iron centers.