Triple-Stranded Cluster Helicates for the Selective Catalytic Oxidation of C-H Bonds

Yu Fang; Wei Gong; Lujia Liu; Yan Liu; Yong Cui

doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01828

Triple-Stranded Cluster Helicates for the Selective Catalytic Oxidation of C-H Bonds

Inorg Chem. 2016 Oct 17;55(20):10102-10105. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01828. Epub 2016 Sep 27.

Authors

Yu Fang¹, Wei Gong¹, Lujia Liu¹, Yan Liu¹, Yong Cui^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai 200240, China.
² Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering , Tianjin 300072, China.

PMID: 27673441
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01828

Abstract

Triple-stranded cluster helicates with heptametallic dicubane cores are synthesized by entrapping metals in the cavities of linear triple helicates based on a C₂-symmetrical hexadentate Schiff-base ligand of ortho-substitued biphenol. The helicates are stable in both the solution and solid states, and the copper species could selectively catalyze the oxidation of C-H bonds of alkanes to ketones.