Rw. Saalfrank et al., AEROBIC OXYGENATION DEHYDROGENATION OF OLEFINS AND 1,4-DIHYDROPYRIDINES CATALYZED BY TRIS(TETRAZOLYL ENOLATE)IRON(III) COMPLEXES, Tetrahedron letters, 34(38), 1993, pp. 6033-6036
The catalytic epoxidation of olefins 4 - 7 catalyzed by synthetic meta
lloporphyrin analogues [FeL3] 3 associated with molecular oxygen in th
e presence of an electron source (isobutyraldehyde) is described. Furt
hermore, it is shown, that 4-substituted 1,4-dihydropyridines 12 can b
e dehydrogenated and dealkylated, respectively, by the same system. Th
e analogy to cytochrome P-450 is obvious.