Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.38, No.10, 2533-2535, 1999
Activation of molecular oxygen in systems containing methyltrioxorhenium and its derivatives
The activation of molecular oxygen arises from its reaction with a dioxorhenium(V) complex, giving the peroxo complex that rapidly converts phosphine to phosphine oxide.
Keywords:MAIN-GROUP ELEMENTS;RE-RE BOND;METHYLRHENIUM TRIOXIDE;TRANSITION-METALS;MULTIPLE BONDS;ORGANORHENIUM OXIDES;COMPUTER-SIMULATION;RHENIUM(V);COMPLEXES;OXIDATIONS