Oxo iron(iv) as an oxidative active intermediate of p-chlorophenol in the Fenton reaction: a DFT study

Mignon, Pierre, Pera-Titus, Marc and Chermette, Henry 2012. Oxo iron(iv) as an oxidative active intermediate of p-chlorophenol in the Fenton reaction: a DFT study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 14 (11) , pp. 3766-3774. 10.1039/c2cp23231f

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Abstract

Debate continues over which active species plays the role of oxidative agent during the Fenton reaction—the HO˙ radical or oxo iron [FeIVO]2+. In this context, the present study investigates the oxidation of p-chlorophenol by [FeIVO(H2O)5]2+ using DFT calculations, within gas-phase and micro-solvated models, in order to explore the possible role of oxo iron as a reactant. The results show that the chlorine atom substitution of p-chlorophenol by oxo iron is a highly stabilising step (ΔH = −83 kcal mol−1) with a free energy barrier of 5.8 kcal mol−1 in the micro-solvated model. This illustrates the high oxidising power of the [FeIVO(H2O)5]2+ complex. On the other hand, the breaking of the Fe–O bond, leading to the formation of hydroquinone, is observed to be the rate-determining step of the reaction. The rather large free energy barrier corresponding to this bond cleavage amounts to 10.2 and 9.3 kcal mol−1 in the gas-phase and micro-solvated models, respectively. Elsewhere, the lifetime of the HO˙ radical has previously been shown to be extremely small. These facts, combined with observations of oxo iron under certain experimental conditions, suggest that oxo iron is a highly plausible oxidative species of the reaction. In addition, a trigonal bipyramidal iron complex, coordinated either by hydroxyl groups and/or by water molecules, has been found in all described mechanisms. This structure appears to be a stable intermediate; and to our knowledge, it has not been characterised by previous studies.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Chemistry Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI)
Publisher:	Royal Society of Chemistry
ISSN:	1463-9076
Date of Acceptance:	19 January 2012
Last Modified:	15 Oct 2020 11:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/135434

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