Manganese(II) based Oxidation of Alkanes: Generation of a High Valent Binuclear Catalyst in situ

Article abstract of DOI:10.1039/c39940001885

The efficiently Mn2+ -catalysed oxidation of saturated hydrocarbons by alkylhydroperoxides or iodosylbenzene in the presence of 2,2'-bipyridine in acetonitrile follows the following pathway: Mn2+ + bipy -> 2+ -> 3+, the latter being identified as the catalytic species; it affords cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone in equal amounts and the remarkable robustness of the active complex, under oxidative conditions, is noted.

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