Aminopropyl group-modified SBA-15 covalent attachment Mn(salen) complexes as catalysts for styrene epoxidation

A series of aminopropyl group-modified ordered mesoporous silica materials impregnated with Mn(salen) were prepared using successive grafting procedures. The prepared composite catalysts were well characterized by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy, Fourier transform-infrared, UV–Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction analysis, and transmission electron microscopy in order to confirm the structure integrities of the Mn(salen) units after the incorporation, to evidence the formation of a covalent bond between the starting Mn(salen) units and the aminopropyl group-modified SBA-15 matrix in the presence of NaOH by abstraction of an HCl molecule. These heterogeneous catalysts exhibited comparable catalytic activity and selectivity to those of the homogeneous counterpart in the epoxidation of styrene by using NaClO as oxidant. In addition, the effects of key reaction parameters, including the loadings of the neat Mn(salen), molar ratios of NaClO to styrene, and PPNO amount on the reactivity and selectivity, were also studied. Finally, the reusability of the prepared heterogeneous catalyst was evaluated.     

Enantioselective epoxidation of isoflavones by Jacobsen's Mn(III)salen catalysts and dimethyldioxirane oxygen-atom source

The catalytic enantioselective epoxidation of the isoflavones 1a–f has been performed by the Mn(III)salen complexes (R,R)-3 and (S,S)-3 as catalysts and dimethyldioxirane as the oxygen-atom source to afford optically active isoflavone epoxides 2a–f. The absolute configuration of the nonracemic epoxides 2 have been determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. Our present results constitute the first examples of the preparation of optically active isoflavone epoxides.     

Gas-phase hydroformylation of propylene on Ru/SiO2 catalysts

Ru/SiO₂ catalysts prepared by reduction of supported RuCl₃·xH₂O are active in gas-phase hydroformylation of propylene at low pressure (ca. 0.3 MPa) of H₂+CO+C₃H₆ mixtured and show unexpectedly high selectivity towards unbranched oxo-products. Data concerning the effect of electronic state and dispersity of Ru on their catalytic behavior have been obtained.

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Ru/SiO₂, RuCl₃·xH₂O, (0,3 ) - . .

     

Gas-phase propene epoxidation over coinage metal catalysts

Propene oxide (PO) is a very important bulk chemical and is produced on a scale of about 7.5 million tons per year. In industry, PO is produced via multiple reaction steps in the liquid phase, using hazardous chlorine or costly organic hydroperoxides as oxidants. Accordingly, development of a simple and green process to produce PO has been desired. This paper presents an overview of one-step propene epoxidation in the gas phase over coinage metal catalysts with a mixture of O₂ and H₂ or with molecular O₂ alone as oxidant. Silver (Ag) and gold (Au) catalysts can catalyze propene epoxidation with a mixture of O₂ and H₂, with high selectivity, whereas copper (Cu) catalysts cannot. In this reaction Au catalysts are much more active than Ag catalysts. All the coinage metals can catalyze propene epoxidation by molecular O₂, but with selectivity usually below 60%. The valence states of Cu species and the sizes of Ag particles and Au particles are of crucial importance in PO synthesis.     

Gas-phase thermochemistry of ruthenium carbene metathesis catalysts

Quantitative energy-resolved collision-induced dissociation cross-sections by tandem ESI-MS provide absolute thermochemical data for phosphine binding energies in first- and second-generation ruthenium metathesis catalysts of 33.4 and 36.9 kcal/mol, respectively. Furthermore a study of the ring-closing metathesis in the second-generation system to liberate norbornene by forming the 14-electron reactive intermediate from the intramolecular pi-complex gives an estimate of the olefin binding energy to the 14-electron complex of around 18 kcal/mol, assuming a loose transition state. The results reported here are in remarkably good agreement with the latest DFT calculations using the M06-L functional.     

Charge distribution in Mn(salen) complexes

The charge and spin distribution in manganese‐salen complexes were analyzed using different basis sets and density functionals. Five population analysis methods [Mulliken, Löwdin, Natural population analysis (NPA), atoms in molecules (AIM), and CHelpG] were used to characterize the charge distribution. Results show that NPA and AIM were the only methods capable of giving charges with the correct sign for all cases under study. According to the analysis of the natural charge and spin distributions, the salen ligand shows a complex behavior, counteracting the effect of the chloro and oxo ligands on the metal center. Furthermore, the presence of a chloride counter ion increases the oxo‐radical character of Oxo‐Mn(salen) complexes, which may play an important role in the rationalization of the catalytic properties of Mn(salen) complexes. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Gas-phase hydrogenation of styrenes by transfer over Pd/AlPO4 catalysts

This paper reports the results obtained in the hydrogenation of styrene and -methylstyrene by transfer over Pd catalysts supported on AlPO₄, using cyclohexene as donor. The catalysts were activated in the pulse reactor itself and retained hydrogen which was subsequently used to reduce the olefins. The amount of ethylbenzene yielded from styrene can be accounted for on the basis of hydrogen transferred in a concerted fashion by cyclohexene and hydrogen stored over the catalyst surface during treatment with cyclohexene intended to reduce the impregnating metal salt.

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Electronic effects in (salen)Mn-based epoxidation catalysts

Presented are density functional calculations on various Mn(salen) systems that are active catalysts in the epoxidation of olefins. Correlation of various structural properties such as Mn=O bond strengths, atomic charges, and C-O distances of evolving bonds in transition state geometries with modified Hammett constants reveal a mechanistic picture of the epoxidation reaction, supporting previous experimental results. Enantioselectivity is tied to the position of a transition state along the reaction coordinate for the first C-O bond formation step, when an olefin is approaching the epoxidation catalyst. Electronic effects exhibited by the 5,5' substituents of the salen ligand manifest themselves in a tuning of the Mn=O bond strength, which in turn influences the C-O distance of the forming bond in the transition state geometry.     

Chiral Mn(III) salen catalyzed oxidation of hydrocarbons

Four chiral manganese(III)-salen complexes (1–4) were employed as catalysts in the oxidation of hydrocarbons at room temperature using pentafluoroiodosylbenzene as terminal oxidant. The reactions were carried out in acetonitrile and dichloromethane. Norbornene has been selectively oxidized to exo-epoxynorborane in 85% yield. At room temperature, oxygenation of cyclohexane up to 14% in acetonitrile medium has also been achieved.     

Enantioselective cyanosilylation of aldehydes catalyzed by Mn(salen) complex/triphenyl phosphine oxide

The activation of chiral Mn(salen) complexes with Ph₃PO has been found to provide a good strategy for the asymmetric cyanosilylation of aldehydes. Aromatic aldehydes have been converted into the corresponding cyanohydrin trimethylsilylether in yields up to 95% and ee up to 67% using 0.25 mol% chiral Mn(salen) complex in combination with 10 mol% of achiral Ph₃PO as additive. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Heterogeneous chiral Mn(III) salen catalysts for the epoxidation of unfunctionalized olefins immobilized on mesoporous materials with different pore sizes

Two chiral Mn(III) salen complexes were immobilized onto a series of mesoporous MCM-41 and MCM-48 materials with different pore sizes and the as-synthesized catalysts were active and enantioselective for the asymmetric epoxidation of styrene and indene. The results of XRD, FTIR, DR UV-vis, and N₂ sorption showed that the chiral Mn(III) salen complexes were anchored in the channels of mesoporous materials. The influence of organic silicane dosage on the catalytic performance was studied and the optimum dosage of organic silicane for preparing heterogeneous catalysts was determined. Furthermore, the effect of the fine-tuning of pore size on the performance of heterogeneous catalysts was discussed. In general, larger pore size of the supports could lead to higher conversions and the compatible pore size with substrate may be responsible for the improved enantiomeric excess (ee) values.     

Polymer-bound aluminium salen complex as reusable catalysts for CO2 insertion into epoxides

Two polymeric aluminium salen complexes in where the backbones are either a partially crosslinked polystyrene [(Al(salen)/PS)] or poly(ethylene glycol bismethacrylate) [(Al(salen)/PEA)] have been synthesised and used for the carbon dioxide insertion into epoxides to form cyclic carbonates. The catalytic activity of these polymers is similar to that of the unsupported aluminium salen complexes, and the polymeric catalysts can be easily separated from the reaction mixture and reusable in consecutives runs. The activity and reusability of the polymeric salen complex depends on the nature of the polymer: PEA being a polymer with a high oxygen content in the backbone enhances the initial activity as compared to PS, but Al(salen)/PEA exhibits lower stability as compared to Al(salen)/PS and a Al depletion occurs upon use. The presence of nucleophiles such as N-methylimidazole or N,N-dimethylaminopyridine in excess increases the catalytic activity of the polymeric Al(salen) catalyst. Also polymeric nucleophiles have been found to be suitable reusable co-catalysts for this reaction.     

Axially coordinated chiral salen Mn(iii) anchored onto azole onium modified ZnPS-PVPA as effective catalysts for asymmetric epoxidation of unfunctionalized olefins

A series of chiral salen Mn(iii) immobilized onto azole onium modified zinc poly(styrene-phenylvinyl phosphonate)-phosphate (ZnPS-PVPA) were prepared. The catalysts were characterized by FT-IR, diffusion reflection UV-vis, AAS, N(2) volumetric adsorption, SEM, TEM, XPS, XRD, TG and elemental analysis. The results showed that the chiral salen Mn(iii) complex was successfully immobilized onto ZnPS-PVPA. These prepared catalysts were evaluated in the asymmetric epoxidation of unfunctionalized olefins with m-CPBA and NaIO(4) as oxidants and demonstrated higher catalytic activities than those of the corresponding homogeneous chiral salen Mn(iii) catalyst under the same conditions. Moreover, these heterogeneous catalysts were stable and could be recycled nine times without significant loss of activity. Furthermore, this novel type of catalyst could also be validly used in large-scale reactions with superior catalytic disposition being maintained at the same level, which indicated the potential for applications in industry.     

Mn/ Re/Cu体系催化剂催化甲醇一步合成二甲氧基甲烷的研究

以ReO_x/CuO为催化剂,将甲醇选择性氧化一步合成二甲氧基甲烷（DMM）。考察了不同催化剂、反应温度以及Mn作为助剂对反应的影响。并利用XRD、程序升温脱附(NH₃-TPD)和程序升温还原(H₂-TPR)等手段对该催化剂进行了表征。结果表明,在一定的温度范围内,较高的反应温度有利于提高甲醇的转化率和DMM选择性;少量的Mn（2%）作为结构型助剂加入催化剂,通过改善催化剂表面分散度以及酸碱性,可以提高甲醇的转化率以及DMM的选择性;在非临氧条件下,催化剂表面的晶格氧可以参与反应,将甲醇氧化并最终得到DMM。     

AlPO4-supported rhodium catalysts. VIII. Gas-phase adsorption of arenes by gas-chromatography

The adsorption of normal and -methylated series arenes on rhodium supported on two kinds of AlPO₄ has been studied by using a gas-solid chromatographic technique. The adsorption process was exothermic (H_ads<0) and non spontaneous (G_ads>0) the relative adsorption constants being fitted to the Pavelich-Taft equation in which the electrical effect of the alkyl substituent is the main influence.

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- , AlPO₄, - . (H_ads>0) (G_ads<0). -, .

     

A novel supported Katsuki-type (salen)Mn complex for asymmetric epoxidation

We have successfully prepared an unsymmetrical analogue of a Katsuki-type salen ligand having a hydroxyalkyl group at the 6-position of just one of the binaphthyl units in the ligand, and also several Mn(III) complexes; these complexes have been attached to a polymer by an ester link and such polymer catalysts have been shown to be highly enantioselective and recoverable catalysts for the epoxidation of 1,2-dihydronaphthalene.     

DNA-binding and cleavage studies of chiral Mn(III) salen complexes

Chiral bridge-substituted manganese(III) complexes of N,N′-bis-(2-hydroxynaphthalene-1-carbaldehyde)-(1R,2R)-(−)-diaminocyclohexane and N,N′-bis-(2-hydroxynaphthalene-1-carbaldehyde)-(1S,2S)-(+)-diaminocyclohexane have been synthesized. The interaction of these complexes with calf thymus DNA(CT-DNA) was investigated by spectroscopic, thermal denaturation studies, circular dichroism (CD), and viscosity measurements. Results of spectroscopic and viscosity measurements suggest that the two complexes bind to DNA via an intercalative mode and display enantioselectivity. These Mn(III) complexes have been found to promote the cleavage of plasmid DNA pBR322 in the presence of H₂O₂.     

Development of bifunctional salen catalysts: rapid,chemoselective alkylations of alpha-ketoesters

Lewis acid-Lewis base salen complexes have been identified as highly efficient catalysts for the addition of dialkylzincs to alpha-ketoesters. In contrast to aldehydes or ketones, the reaction between diethylzinc and alpha-ketoesters is significant in the absence of catalyst. In the presence of catalyst, the reaction rate is increased over 100-fold relative to the background. Furthermore, the reduction product, which is a major coproduct with other catalysts, is not observed with these bifunctional salens. As a result, high yields of the addition products can be obtained (57-99%). Both the Lewis acid and Lewis base portions of the catalyst are critical to the reactivity and selectivity. The two separate portions of the catalyst have been shown to function in a cooperative manner.     

Hydrogen bond induced enantioselectivity in Mn(salen)-catalysed sulfoxidaton reactions

A chiral Mn(salen) complex exhibiting two lactam binding sites at two rigid 1,5,7-trimethyl-3-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-2-one skeletons is capable of enantioselective sulfoxidation due to spatially remote substrate hydrogen bonding.     

Asymmetric epoxidation using a singly-bound supported Katsuki-type (salen)Mn complex

We have successfully prepared an unsymmetrical analogue of a Katsuki-type salen ligand having a single hydroxyalkyl group at its 6-position, and also its Mn(III) complex; attachment of the complex to a polymer gives a highly enantioselective and recoverable catalyst for epoxidation of 1,2-dihydronaphthalene.