A Self-Assembled Molecular Cage for Substrate-Selective Epoxidation Reactions in Aqueous Media
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2016-05-06
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Kuijpers, Petrus F.
Otte, Matthias
Dürr, Maximilian
Ivanović-Burmazović, Ivana
Reek, Joost N H
De Bruin, Bas
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Abstract
Encapsulation of a manganese porphyrin in a self-assembled molecular cage allows catalytic epoxidation of various substrates in 1:1 water/acetonitrile mixtures. The cage acts as a phase-transfer catalyst and creates a protective environment for the catalyst improving the stability. The encapsulated catalyst also allows discrimination between styrene derivatives of various sizes. In a direct competition experiment, the selectivity of the epoxidation reaction could be inverted with respect to a benchmark catalyst.
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epoxidation, manganese, porphyrin, size-selective, supramolecular chemistry, Taverne
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Kuijpers, P F, Otte, M, Dürr, M, Ivanović-Burmazović, I, Reek, J N H & De Bruin, B 2016, A Self-Assembled Molecular Cage for Substrate-Selective Epoxidation Reactions in Aqueous Media. in ACS Catalysis. ACS Catalysis, vol. 6, American Chemical Society, pp. 3106-3112. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6b00283