Bioinspired Manganese Complexes and Graphene Oxide Synergistically Catalyzed Asymmetric Epoxidation of Olefins with Aqueous Hydrogen Peroxide

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• 作者：Chengxia Miao ; Xingbin Yan ; Daqian Xu ; Chungu Xia and Wei Sun
• 刊名：Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2, 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：359
• 期：3
• 页码：476-484
• 全文大小：1067K
• ISSN：1615-4169

文摘

Bioinspired manganese complexes of N₄ ligands and graphene oxide (GO) synergistically catalyze the highly enantioselective epoxidation of olefins (up to 99% ee), which is a rare example with GO as a co-catalyst in asymmetric catalysis. GO as a new and key additive not only successfully functions in catalytic amounts, but also has a positive effect for improving the enantioselectivity of the asymmetric epoxidation compared with the traditional stoichiometric organic carboxylic acid method [e.g., chalcone, 95% ee (3.5 mg GO) vs. 84% ee (5 equiv., 75 mg acetic acid), ethyl cinnamate, 84% ee (3.5 mg GO) vs. 19% ee (5 equiv., 75 mg acetic acid)]. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) spectra of GO before and after the reaction indicate that the intensities of C–O become stronger after the reaction, which may have a certain relationship with hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) and gives a reasonable rationale for the large consumption of H₂O₂. Also, part of the hydrogen peroxide was used for the oxidation of GO.