Highly selective epoxidation of styrene using a transition metal-aluminium(III) complex containing the [MeAl(2-py)3]- anion (2-py = 2-pyridyl)

Carmen Soria Alvarez, Felipe García, Simon M. Humphrey, Alexander D. Hopkins, Richard A. Kowenicki, Mary McPartlin, Richard A. Layfield, Robert Raja, Michael C. Rogers, Anthony D. Woods, Dominic S. Wright

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Abstract

The reactions of [MeAl(2-py)3Li-thf] (1) with FeCl2 or Cp2Mn in toluene-thf give simple access to the Group 13-transition metal heterometallic complexes [{MeAl(2-py)3}2M] [M = Fe (2), Mn (3)]; complex 2 has been shown to be a highly selective styrene epoxidation catalyst in air.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)198-200
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Jan 2005
Externally publishedYes

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