Molecular design of catalysts on the basis of functionalized poly(ethylene oxide) and block copolymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide

Transition metal complexes based on polyethylene oxide and copolymers of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide functionalized by dipyridyl, acetylacetone and catechol have been prepared. Macrocomplexes showed high activity and selectivity as catalysts in oxidation of cyclohexane, hydroxylation of benzene, epoxidation of hexene and allylic alcohol bound by hydrogen peroxide, oxidation of ethylbenzene by dioxygen.