Oxovanadium(IV) complexes as molecular catalysts in epoxidation: Simple access to pyridylalkoxide derivatives

Gerhard M. Lobmaier, Harald Trauthwein, Guido D. Frey, Bernd Scharbert, Eberhardt Herdtweck, Wolfgang A. Herrmann

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Abstract

Reaction of bis(aryl)-2-pyridylmethanol ligands (1a-7a) with VO(SO4) · 5H2O results in the formation of metal-oxo complexes [VO(N-O)2] (1-7), with N-O = bis(aryl)-2-pyridylmethanol. A molecular structure of (4) has been determined by single crystals X-ray diffraction study, which showed the expected square planar pyramidal geometry with the pyridine ring nitrogens in trans-position to each other. The metal-oxo complexes (1-4,6,7) demonstrated the ability to catalyse epoxidation reactions of alkenes with molecular oxygen.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2291-2296
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Organometallic Chemistry
Volume691
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2006

Keywords

  • Epoxidation
  • Metal oxides
  • Pyridyl alcohols
  • Vanadium

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