Epoxidation manganese

The main strategies of supporting manganese epoxidation catalysts on organic polymers are outlined in Table 15.1. These techniques are given as examples and have also been employed for several other metal catalysts aside from manganese. 

Fig. 27. Some tacn derivatives used for the synthesis of manganese epoxidation catalysts.

A breakthrough for manganese epoxidation catalysts came at the beginning of the 1990s when the groups of Jacobsen and Katsuki simultaneously discovered that... 

Non-functionalized alkenes 6, with an isolated carbon-carbon double bond lacking an additional coordination site, can be epoxidized with high enantiomeric excess by applying the Jacobsen-Katsuki epoxidation procedure using optically active manganese(iii) complexes ... 

Table 6.6 Manganese/porphyrin-catalyzed epoxidation of cis-cy-dooctene with aqueous H2O2 (30%).

In a recent screening of different metal salts, Lane and Burgess found that simple manganese(n) and (in) salts catalyzed the formation of epoxides in DMF or t-BuOH in the presence of aqueous hydrogen peroxide (Scheme 6.7) [68]. It was further established that the addition of bicarbonate was of importance for the epoxidation reaction. 

Table 6.7 Manganese sulfate-catalyzed epoxidation of olefins using aqueous H2O2 (30%).[al...

Sodium hexakis(formato)molybdate, 3, 1235 Sodium hypochlorite alkene epoxidation manganese catalysts, 6,378 Sodium ions biology, 6, 559 selective binding biology, 6, 551 Sodium molybdate, 3, 1230 Sodium peroxoborate, 3,101 Sodium/potassium ATPase, 6, 555 vanadate inhibition, 3, 567 Sodium pump, 6, 555 mechanism, 6, 556 Sodium pyroantimonate, 3, 265 Sodium salts... 

Ordinary alkenes (without an allylic OH group) have been enantioselectively epoxidized with sodium hypochlorite (commercial bleach) and an optically active manganese-complex catalyst. Variations of this oxidation use a manganese-salen complex with various oxidizing agents, in what is called the Jacobsen-Katsuki... 

Fueled by the success of the Mn (salen) catalysts, new forays have been launched into the realm of hybrid catalyst systems. For example, the Mn-picolinamide-salicylidene complexes (i.e., 13) represent novel oxidation-resistant catalysts which exhibit higher turnover rates than the corresponding Jacobsen-type catalysts. These hybrids are particularly well-suited to the low-cost-but relatively aggressive-oxidant systems, such as bleach. In fact, the epoxidation of trans-P-methylstyrene (14) in the presence of 5 mol% of catalyst 13 and an excess of sodium hypochlorite proceeds with an ee of 53%. Understanding of the mechanistic aspects of these catalysts is complicated by their lack of C2 symmetry. For example, it is not yet clear whether the 5-membered or 6-membered metallocycle plays the decisive role in enantioselectivity however, in any event, the active form is believed to be a manganese 0x0 complex <96TL2725>. 

Rational Design of Manganese-Salen Epoxidation Catalyts Preliminary Results," Hosoya, N. Hatayama, A. Irie, R. Sasaki, H. Katsuki. T. Tetrahedron, 1994, 50, 4311... 

Asymmetric epoxidation is another important area of activity, initially pioneered by Sharpless, using catalysts based on titanium tetraisoprop-oxide and either (+) or (—) dialkyl tartrate. The enantiomer formed depends on the tartrate used. Whilst this process has been widely used for the synthesis of complex carbohydrates it is limited to allylic alcohols, the hydroxyl group bonding the substrate to the catalyst. Jacobson catalysts (Formula 4.3) based on manganese complexes with chiral Shiff bases have been shown to be efficient in epoxidation of a wide range of alkenes. 

Several catalysts that can effect enantioselective epoxidation of unfunctionalized alkenes have been developed, most notably manganese complexes of diimines derived from salicylaldehyde and chiral diamines (salens).62... 

Scheme 12.10. Enantioselective Epoxidation with Chiral Manganese Catalysts3...

Iron N,N -bis(2-pyridinecarboxamide) complexes encaged in zeolite Y were used for the partial oxidation of alkanes.99 Epoxidation with manganese N,N -bis(2-pyridinecarboxamide) complexes encapsulated in zeolite Y was also reported.100... 

The vanadium(IV) complex of salen in zeolite was found to be an effective catalyst for the room temperature epoxidation of cyclohexene using t-butyl hydroperoxide as oxidant.88 Well-characterized vanadyl bis-bipyridine complexes encapsulated in Y zeolite were used as oxidation catalysts.101 Ligation of manganese ions in zeolites with 1,4,7-triazacyclononanes gives rise to a binu-clear complex stabilized by the zeolites but allows oxidation with excellent selectivity (Scheme 7.4). 

By complexation of MnNaY with 1,4,7-trimethyltriazacyclononane, a new heterogeneous catalyst was obtained for olefin epoxidation with H202. Excellent epoxide selectivities were obtained, with limited epoxide solvolysis. The oxygenation appears to go through a radical intermediate. The manganese trizacyclononane epoxidation catalyst was also heterogenized via surface gly-cidylation.103... 

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