MULTIPLE BONDS BETWEEN MAIN-GROUP ELEMENTS AND TRANSITION-METALS .122. METHYLTRIOXORHENIUM(VII) AS CATALYST FOR EPOXIDATIONS - STRUCTURE OFTHE ACTIVE SPECIES AND MECHANISM OF CATALYSIS
Wa. Herrmann et al., MULTIPLE BONDS BETWEEN MAIN-GROUP ELEMENTS AND TRANSITION-METALS .122. METHYLTRIOXORHENIUM(VII) AS CATALYST FOR EPOXIDATIONS - STRUCTURE OFTHE ACTIVE SPECIES AND MECHANISM OF CATALYSIS, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English, 32(8), 1993, pp. 1157-1160
Explosive in the solid state, the bis(eta2-peroxo) complex 1, which in
solution is the active species in the epoxidation of olefins with [CH
3ReO3]. could be characterized by X-ray crystallography as the diglyme
adduct 2. Under catalytic conditions (excess of H2O2), 1 is far more
stable than in the free state.