Epoxidation of cis-cyclooctene using diamine bis(phenolate) vanadium, molybdenum and tungsten complexes as catalysts

Filipe Madeira, Sónia Barroso, Sónia Namorado, Patricia M. Reis, Beatriz Royo, Ana Margarida Martins

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Abstract

The dioxomolybdenum and dioxotungsten complexes [MoO 2L 1] (1-Mo) and [WO 2L 1] (2-W), supported by a diamine bis(phenolate) ligand (L 1 = Me 2NCH 2CH 2N(CH 2-2-O-3,5-C 6H 2 tBu 2) 2) were prepared from MoO 2Cl 2 and WO 2Cl 2(dme) in good yields. The solid-state structures of both compounds obtained by single crystal X-ray diffraction reveal distorted octahedral geometries around the metals with cis terminal oxo ligands. Their performance in the catalytic epoxidation of cis-cyclooctene using H 2O 2 and TBHP as oxidants was evaluated. 2-W displays high activity with H 2O 2 as terminal oxidant, achieving 84% conversion in 6 h (TOF = 1400 mol sub mol cat -1 h -1), while its molybdenum counterpart 1-Mo was inactive in the same conditions. Using TBHP as oxidant the opposite trend was observed and 1-Mo attained 93% conversion in 6 h (TOF = 1550 mol sub mol cat -1 h -1). The Oxovanadium complexes [VOL 1Cl] (3-V), [VOL 2Cl] (4-V, L 2 = Me 2NCH 2CH(CH 3)N(CH 2-2-O-3,5-C 6H 2 tBu 2) 2) and [(VOL 1) 2(μ-O)] (5-V) were also tested as catalysts in the epoxidation of cis-cyclooctene. The three compounds display high activity when the epoxidation reaction is performed using TBHP as oxidant. Using H 2O 2, 3-V and 4-V are moderately active while 5-V is inactive.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)152-156
Number of pages5
JournalInorganica Chimica Acta
Volume383
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Mar 2012

Keywords

  • Diamine bis(phenolate) complexes
  • Epoxidation
  • Molybdenum
  • Tungsten
  • Vanadium

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