Issue 47, 2007

Chiral manganese complexes with pinene appended tetradentate ligands as stereoselective epoxidation catalysts

Abstract

A novel family of chiral manganese complexes Λ-1(CF3SO3) and Δ-2(CF3SO3), have been stereoselectively prepared, characterized and studied as epoxidation catalysts. The complexes are structurally related to [MnII(CF3SO3)2(α-MCP)] (MCP = N,N′-dimethyl-N,N′-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)cyclohexane-trans-1,2-diamine), recently reported as a very efficient epoxidation catalyst in combination with peracetic acid. Pinene rings have been fused to the 4 and 5 positions of the two pyridine groups of the ligand, giving rise to complexes where the two labile binding sites of the manganese ion are confined in a better-defined chiral pocket than in the parent [MnII(CF3SO3)2(α-MCP)]. Chirality in these complexes arises from the stereochemistry of the trans-diaminocyclohexane ring, from the pinene ring and also from the topological chirality adopted by the ligand upon binding to the manganese ion. While previous studies have demonstrated that small modifications in the structure of the MCP ligand result in a dramatic loss of efficiency, Λ-1(CF3SO3) and Δ-2(CF3SO3) exhibit comparable catalytic activity to [MnII(CF3SO3)2(α-MCP)]. In addition, the complexes exhibit a remarkable stereoselectivity (up to 46% ee) in the epoxidation of selected substrates. The results reported in this work point towards modification of the 4 and 5 positions of the pyridine groups as a new strategy towards the design of stereoselective versions of this family of highly active and environmentally benign epoxidation catalysts.

Graphical abstract: Chiral manganese complexes with pinene appended tetradentate ligands as stereoselective epoxidation catalysts

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 Aug 2007
Accepted
10 Oct 2007
First published
30 Oct 2007

Dalton Trans., 2007, 5539-5545

Chiral manganese complexes with pinene appended tetradentate ligands as stereoselective epoxidation catalysts

L. Gómez, I. Garcia-Bosch, A. Company, X. Sala, X. Fontrodona, X. Ribas and M. Costas, Dalton Trans., 2007, 5539 DOI: 10.1039/B712754E

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements