A New Mn-Salen Micellar Nanoreactor for Enantioselective Epoxidation of Alkenes in Water

Giuseppe Trusso Sfrazzetto; Francesco P. Ballistreri; Rosa Maria Toscano; Maria Emanuela Amato; Andrea Pappalardo; Chiara M. A. Gangemi; Sofia Spidalieri; Roberta Puglisi

doi:10.20944/preprints201802.0193.v1

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Ballistreri, F.P.; Toscano, R.M.; Amato, M.E.; Pappalardo, A.; Gangemi, C.M.A.; Spidalieri, S.; Puglisi, R.; Trusso Sfrazzetto, G. A New Mn–Salen Micellar Nanoreactor for Enantioselective Epoxidation of Alkenes in Water. Catalysts 2018, 8, 129. Ballistreri, F.P.; Toscano, R.M.; Amato, M.E.; Pappalardo, A.; Gangemi, C.M.A.; Spidalieri, S.; Puglisi, R.; Trusso Sfrazzetto, G. A New Mn–Salen Micellar Nanoreactor for Enantioselective Epoxidation of Alkenes in Water. Catalysts 2018, 8, 129.

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.

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A New Mn-Salen Micellar Nanoreactor for Enantioselective Epoxidation of Alkenes in Water

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