C. Provent et al., SYNTHESIS OF NEW BIS BIDENTATE LIGANDS - CATALASE ACTIVITIES OF THE CORRESPONDING BIS(1,3-DIKETONATO)IRON(III) COMPLEXES, Bulletin de la Societe chimique de France, 134(5), 1997, pp. 487-493
The syntheses of five new tetradentate ligands of bis(1,3-diketonate)
type are described. The two diketonate moieties are connected by vario
us long-chain spacers which allow the folding of the ligands for the f
ormation of bis(1,3-diketonato)iron(III) complexes. These complexes ex
hibit, in the presence of imidazole, a catalytic activity towards the
decomposition of hydrogen peroxide (catalase activity).