“…In the present investigation, a novel, earth-abundant dication diiron(III) porphyrin dimer has been used to catalyze the ODA reaction of unactivated aldehydes and simple dienes under relatively mild conditions with a catalytic loading as low as 1.25 mol % (Scheme 2), which previously had limited opportunities in the presence of the unsaturated bonds (e.g., alkene, alkyne, nitrile, or nitro groups), and with high functional-group tolerance (halide, ether, imide, acetal, or acetoxy groups). Various spectroscopies, like ultraviolet−visible−near-infrared (UV−vis−NIR), 19 F and 1 H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), and infrared (IR) integrated with well-synced density functional theory (DFT) results, enabled us to comprehend the reaction mechanism intricately, formerly unrevealed. In addition to this, the dimeric catalyst displays its remarkable efficiency over its monoheme analogue, which in turn dictates the cooperative nature of the dimeric catalyst.…”