Pyrazole-3-carboxylic Acid Manganese Complex: Syntheses and Its highly Efficient Heterogeneous Catalysis for the Epoxidation of Alkenes

One inorganic-organic hybrid manganese complex Mn(Hpca)2(phen)·3 H_2O(1) based on pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid(H2 pca) and phenanthroline(phen) has been synthesized and fully characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction(SXRD), powder X-ray diffraction(PXRD), infrared spectroscopy(IR), thermal gravity analysis(TGA) and elemental analyses. Complex 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P2_1/c with Z = 4, a = 10.3170(9), b = 13.1061(12), c = 17.6919(15) ?, V = 2272.1(3) ?~3, F(000) = 1052, D_c = 1.495 g/cm~3, μ = 0.635 mm~(-1), the final R = 0.0428 and wR = 0.0853. In the crystal structure, the mononuclear Mn~(2+) center was coordinated by two Hpca-and one phen ligands, and shows a distorted {MnO_2N_4} octahedral coordination geometry. In the supermolecular structure, the independent units are entrained within several hexanuclear chair-like water clusters by the O-H···O and N-H···O hydrogen bonding interactions and finally form the three-dimensional framework. Notably, as a robust heterogeneous catalyst, complex 1 exhibits excellent catalytic performance in the epoxidation of alkenes with peroxyacetic acid as the oxidant(Conv. up to 97.7%, Sele. up to 98.9%). Additionally, the catalyst can be reused without losing its activity after three runs catalytic cycle.