Enantioselective manganese-porphyrin-catalyzed epoxidation and C-H hydroxylation with hydrogen peroxide in water/methanol solutions.

Hassan Srour (1) , Paul Le Maux (1) , Gérard Simonneaux (1)

1 ISCR - Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes

The asymmetric epoxidation of alkene and hydroxylation of arylalkane derivatives by H(2)O(2) to give optically active epoxides (enantiomeric excess (ee) up to 68%) and alcohols (ee up to 57%), respectively, were carried out in water/methanol solutions using chiral water-soluble manganese porphyrins as catalysts.

Domaines: Chimie inorganique

Hassan Srour, Paul Le Maux, Gérard Simonneaux. Enantioselective manganese-porphyrin-catalyzed epoxidation and C-H hydroxylation with hydrogen peroxide in water/methanol solutions.. Inorganic Chemistry, 2012, 51 (10), pp.5850-6. ⟨10.1021/ic300457z⟩. ⟨hal-00870340⟩