Zeolite encapsulation

There are a few examples of 02 oxidations catalyzed by zeolite-encapsulated complexes. Encapsulated CoPc was active in the oxidation of propene to aldehyde, whereas the free complex was inactive.76 A triple catalytic system, Pd(OAc)2, benzoquinone, and a metal macrocycle, was used to oxidize alk-enes with molecular oxygen at room temperature.77,78 Zeolite-encapsulated FePc79-81 and CoSalophen80,82 complexes were used as oxygen-activating catalysts. 

The physicochemical properties of Schiff-base complexes encapsulated in zeolite70 and the surface chemistry of zeolite-encapsulated CoSalen and [Fe(bpy)3]2+ catalysts were studied and published.71... 

CoSalen Y carries oxygen as a cargo.72 The catalytic properties of the zeolite-encapsulated metal complexes depend mainly on the complexed metal atoms, which are used usually as oxidation catalysts but other applications are also beginning to emerge. The zeolite-encapsulated catalysts can be regarded as biomimetic oxidation catalysts.73 In liquid-phase oxidation reactions catalyzed... 

Although zeolite-encapsulated metal complexes were known for some time, the principle that such complexes could act as a new type of immobilized homogeneous catalysts was probably first demonstrated only in 1985 [37]. This achievement opened a new and fruitful area of research in immobilizing homogeneous catalysts. These catalysts are named appropriately ship-in-the-bottle (SIB) catalysts (see Fig. 42.5). General overviews of zeolite-encapsulated metal complexes were given [38, 39]. 

Knops-Gerrits, P.-P., De Vos, D., Thibault-Starzyk, F. and Jacobs, P. A. Zeolite-encapsulated Mn(II) complexes as catalysts for alkene oxidation, Nature, 369 (1994), 543-546... 

C. Bowers, and P. K. Dutta, Olefin oxidation by zeolite-encapsulated Mn(salen)" complexes under ambient conditions, J. Catal. 122, 271—279 (1990). 

C. R. Jacob, S. R. Varkey, and R. Ratnasamy, Zeolite encapsulated copper (X2-Salen) complexes, Appl. Catal. A 168, 353-364 (1998). 

The synthesis of the Y zeolite-encapsulated manganese complex of the salen ligand has been reported recently [51]. It was found to have catalytic activity in the oxidation of cyclohexene, styrene, and stilbene with PhlO. Typically, 1 Mn(salen) is present per 15 supercages, resulting in catalytic turn-overs in the order of 60. The reactions investigated with the respective product yields are given in Scheme 5. Typical oxidation products are epoxides, alcohols and aldehydes. In comparison to the homogeneous case encapsulation seems to lower the reaction rate. From cyclohexene the expected oxidation product cyclohexene oxide is present in excess and is formed on the Mn(salen) site. 2-cyclohexene-l-ol is probably formed on residual Mn cations via a radical mechanism. 

Based on host-guest interaction, microporous zeolites have been used as heterogeneous host for encapsulation of metal complexes and organometallic fragments. For zeolite-encapsulated photosensitizer, the steric and electrostatic constraint imposed on the complexes within the channels or cages of zeolites can alter the photochemical and photophysical properties of the guest complexes and diminish the photodegradation and undesirable electron transfer reactions [6]. But, the pore sizes (-13 A) of microporous zeolites are too small for... 

Oxygenation potential of zeolite encapsulated metallo-porphyrins. 216... 

OXYGENATION POTENTIAL OF ZEOLITE ENCAPSULATED NONHEME COMPLEXES... 

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