An-Najah Staff

Supported tetra(-4-pyridyl)porphyrinato-manganese(III)[Mn^III(TPyP)]⁺ and -tin(IV)[Sn^IV(TPyP)]²⁺ have been prepared. The solid support was iodonated poly(siloxane) surface prepared by condensation reactions of (EtO)₄Si with (MeO)₃Si(CH₂)₃I. The supported metalloporphyrins were employed as catalysts for the oxidation reactions of l-octene and of cyclohexene. NaBH₄ was used to reduce [Mn^III(TPyP)]⁺ and [Sn^IV(TPyP)]²⁺ back to their catalytically active Mn^II and Sn^II forms, respectively. Contrary to their homogeneous counterparts, both of the supported metalloporphyrins catalysed the cyclohexene oxidation reaction to yield only 2-cyclohexen-1-one with no other products over a reaction time of 10 h. In addition to cyclohexene oxidation, the supported [Mn^III(TPyP)]⁺ catalysed l-octene oxidation as well, whereas the supported [Sn^IV(TPyP)]²⁺ was inactive for the oxidation of l-octene.

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