Submitted:
28 February 2018
Posted:
28 February 2018
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Abstract
A new chiral Mn-salen catalyst, functionalized with a long aliphatic chain and a choline group, able to act as surfactant catalyst for green epoxidation in water, is here described. This catalyst was employed with a commercial surfactant (CTABr) leading to a nanoreactor for the enantioselective epoxidation of some selected alkenes in water, using NaClO as oxidant. This is the first example of nanoreactor for enantioselective epoxidation of non-functionalized alkenes in water.
Keywords:
epoxidation
; water
; enantioselectivity
; nanoreactor
; Mn-salen
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