Chiral cis-dioxidomolybdenum(VI) complexes with Schiff bases possessing two alkoxide groups: Synthesis, structure, spectroscopic studies and their catalytic activity in sulfoxidation and epoxidation

Autor: Marta Karman, Grzegorz Romanowski, Michał Wera
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Polyhedron. 187:114653
ISSN: 0277-5387
Popis: New chiral mononuclear cis-dioxidomolybdenum(VI) complexes, [MoO2(HL1-9)] and [MoO2(HL10)(CH3OH)], have been synthesized by the reaction of MoO2(acac)2 with tetradentate Schiff bases derived from various substituted salicylaldehydes and R(+)-3-amino-1,2-propanediol. All complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis, circular dichroism, electronic, IR and NMR (1H, 13C) spectroscopy. The molecular and crystal structure of [MoO2(HL10)(CH3OH)] elucidated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction revealed a six-coordinate distorted octahedral geometry and coordination of methanol molecule leaving one hydroxyl group uncoordinated. Surprisingly, NMR measurements made for [MoO2(HL1-9)] undoubtedly show that Schiff bases behave as dibasic tetradentate ONOO donor ligands and no solvent coordination has been observed. The catalytic activity studies have been also performed for all complexes in asymmetric sulfoxidation of thioanisole and epoxidation of styrene, cyclohexene and two monoterpenes, i.e. S(−)-limonene and (−)-α-pinene, using aqueous 30% H2O2 or tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as the oxygen source.
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