TY - CHAP AB - The combination of iron salts or complexes with strong oxidants such as hydrogen peroxide results in the formation of high-valent iron oxo species, the nature of which has been under discussion in the chemical literature for more than a century. Recent advances in the design and development of molecular iron-based oxidation catalysts and their mechanistic understanding are summarised in this chapter, in particular iron complexes featuring tetradentate and pentadentate ligands. Inspired by enzymatic systems based on heme and nonheme ligand environments, the development of biomimetic iron-based catalysts for the selective oxidation of alkanes and alkenes can potentially be applied in a range of areas, from late stage functionalisation of natural product synthesis to large-scale oxidation of hydrocarbons. AU - Grau,M AU - Britovsek,GJP DO - 10.1007/3418_2015_100 EP - 171 PB - SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN PY - 2015/// SN - 978-3-319-19395-3 SP - 145 TI - High-valent iron in biomimetic alkane oxidation catalysis T1 - IRON CATALYSIS II UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3418_2015_100 UR - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000368989300006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202 UR - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F3418_2015_100 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/91005 ER -