Highly efficient isobutyraldehyde-mediated epoxidation of cyclic alkenes with dioxygen catalyzed by a novel dimeric manganese(II) complex containing an easy-to-prepare flexible carboxamide ligand

Hamid Reza Khavasi; Koroush Sasan; Mahtab Pirouzmand; Samad Nejad Ebrahimi

doi:10.1021/ic900334w

Highly efficient isobutyraldehyde-mediated epoxidation of cyclic alkenes with dioxygen catalyzed by a novel dimeric manganese(II) complex containing an easy-to-prepare flexible carboxamide ligand

Inorg Chem. 2009 Jul 6;48(13):5593-5. doi: 10.1021/ic900334w.

Authors

Hamid Reza Khavasi¹, Koroush Sasan, Mahtab Pirouzmand, Samad Nejad Ebrahimi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Medicinal Plants and Drug Research Institute,Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., Evin, Tehran 1983963113, Iran. h-khavasi@sbu.ac.ir

PMID: 19469475
DOI: 10.1021/ic900334w

Abstract

Dioxygen epoxidation of cyclic alkenes into their corresponding epoxides was successfully achieved in good yield by using a novel binuclear manganese carboxamide complex as the catalyst and isobutyraldehyde as the cosubstrate.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aldehydes / chemistry
Alkenes / chemistry*
Catalysis
Cyclization
Epoxy Compounds / chemistry*
Manganese / chemistry*
Models, Molecular
Molecular Structure
Oxygen / chemistry*
X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

Aldehydes
Alkenes
Epoxy Compounds
Manganese
isobutyraldehyde
Oxygen