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MnIII Porphyrins: Catalytic Coupling of Epoxides with CO2 under Mild Conditions and Mechanistic Considerations
Milani, Jorge L. S.,Meireles, Alexandre M.,Bezerra, Werberson A.,Martins, Dayse. C. S.,Cangussu, Danielle,das Chagas, Rafael P.
, p. 4393 - 4402 (2019)
A series of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(2,3-dichlorophenyl)porphyrinate complexes of manganese(III) [MnIII(T2,3DCPP)X] with six different axial ligands (X=NO3 ?, AcO?, IO3 ?, Br?, Cl?, HO?) were investigated as catalysts in the cycloaddition reactions of CO2 and styrene oxide (SO), under mild conditions, i. e., atmospheric pressure and 60 °C. [MnIIIT(2,3DCPP)IO3] showed the best catalytic performance, selectively producing the respective cyclic carbonate from diverse epoxides using tetrabutylammonium bromide as a nucleophile source. Mechanistic considerations were inferred from electronic spectra and spectrophotometric titrations, showing that there are a series of equilibriums involved in the formation of the catalytic active species. Stability constants for the proposed equilibrium models were determined using SQUAD software. A catalytic cycle has been proposed based on those observations.
