H. Patzelt et Wd. Woggon, O-INSERTION INTO NONACTIVATED C-H BONDS - THE 1ST OBSERVATION OF O2 CLEAVAGE BY A P-450 ENZYME MODEL IN THE PRESENCE OF A THIOLATE LIGAND, Helvetica Chimica Acta, 75(2), 1992, pp. 523-530
On reaction with 'O'-donors or O2, the synthetic P-450 analogue 2 unde
rgoes O-insertion at a nonactivated C-H bond of the covalently bound s
ubstrate. The mechanism of O-insertion with O2 most likely involves ho
molytic cleavage of the O-O bond followed by O-insertion via radical r
ecombination.