US EPA

4704482 

Journal Article 

Jacobsen catalyst immobilized on chitosan membrane as interface catalyst in organic/aqueous system for alkene oxidation 

Mac Leod, TCO; Palaretti, V; Barros, VP; Faria, AL; Silva, TA; Assis, MD 

2009 

1 

Applied Catalysis A: General
ISSN: 0926-860X
EISSN: 1873-3875 

361 

1-2 

152-159 

10.1016/j.apcata.2009.04.012 

WOS:000267092800020 

The Jacobsen catalyst, Mn(salen), was immobilized in chitosan membrane. The obtained Mn(salen)-Chit was characterized by thermogravimetric analysis (TC), differential thermal analysis (DTA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), degree of N-acetylation by (1)H NMR, and UV-vis spectroscopy. The UV-vis absorption spectrum of the encapsulated catalyst displayed the typical bands of the Jacobsen catalyst, and the FT-IR presented an absorption band characteristic of the imines present in the Jacobsen catalyst. The chitosan membranes were available, in a biphasic system, as a catalytic barrier between two different phases: an organic substrate phase (cyclooctene or styrene) and an aqueous solution of either m-CPBA, t-BuOOH or H(2)O(2), and dismissing the need for phase transfer agents and leading to better product yields compared with the catalyst in homogeneous medium. This new catalyst did not leach from the support and was reused many times, leading to high turnover frequencies. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 

Catalysis; Salen complexes; Alkene oxidation; Chitosan