Syntheses and catalytic oxotransfer actiVIties of oxo molybdenum(VI) complexes of a new aminoalcohol phenolate ligand

Summary, in English

The new aminoalcohol phenol 2,4-di-tert-butyl-6-(((2-hydroxy-2-phenylethyl)amino)methyl)phenol (H₂L) was prepared by a facile solvent-free synthesis and used as a tridentate ligand for new cis-dioxomolybdenum(vi)(L) complexes. In the presence of a coordinating solvent (DMSO, MeOH, pyridine), the complexes crystallise as monomeric solvent adducts while in the absence of such molecules, a trimer with asymmetric MoO→Mo bridges crystallises. The complexes can catalyse epoxidation of cis-cyclooctene and sulfoxidation of methyl-p-tolylsulfide, using tert-butyl hydroperoxide as oxidant.

• Author: Kamal Hossain; M Haukka; R. Sillanpää; David A. Hrovat; Michael G. Richmond; E. Nordlander; A Lehtonen
• Department/s: Chemical Physics
• Publishing year: 2017
• Language: English
• Pages: 7051-7060
• Publication/Series: Dalton Transactions
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 21
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7dt00846e
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Topic: Physical Chemistry (including Surface- and Colloid Chemistry)
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1477-9226