Microwave-Assisted Immobilization of Manganese Salen Complexes: Increased Activity and Chemoselectivity in Catalytic Epoxidation

Ana Rosa Silva*, Vitaly Budarin, James H. Clark

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Abstract

An anchor into the microwaves: A directing effect on the orientation of the manganese(III) salen complexes towards the activated carbon surface was activated by using microwave-assisted anchoring. The immobilization procedure is simple, energy efficient, and fast. The resulting materials are unusually active and selective heterogeneous catalysts for the epoxidation of styrene.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)895-898
Number of pages4
JournalChemCatChem
Volume5
Issue number4
Early online date5 Sept 2012
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2013

Keywords

  • Epoxidation
  • Heterogeneous catalysis
  • Immobilization
  • Microwave chemistry
  • Surface chemistry

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