Oxoferryl Porphyrin/Hydrogen Peroxide System Whose Behavior is Equivalent to Hydroperoxoferric Porphyrin

The reaction between H(2)O(2) and a pyridine-coordinated ferric porphyrin encapsulated by a cyclodextrin dimer yielded a hydroperoxoferric porphyrin intermediate, PFe(III)-OOH, which rapidly decomposed to oxoferryl porphyrin (PFe(IV)═O). Upon reaction with H(2)O(2), PFe(IV)═O reverted to PFe(III)-OOH, which was converted to carbon monoxide-coordinated ferrous porphyrin under a CO atmosphere. PFe(IV)═O in the presence of excess H(2)O(2) behaves as PFe(III)-OOH.