Abstract
We describe a manganese porphyrin-α-cyclodextrin conjugate as a catalyst for the epoxidation of cis-polybutadiene with trans-epoxide preference, which is a reverse stereoselectivity as compared to normal porphyrin catalysts. A clamp-like mechanism is proposed based on a combination of circular dichroism analysis, molecular modeling, and a series of epoxidation experiments.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5586-5589 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Chemical Communications |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 44 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |