A manganese porphyrin-α-cyclodextrin conjugate as an artificial enzyme for the catalytic epoxidation of polybutadiene

Qi Wei Zhang, Johannes A.A.W. Elemans, Paul B. White, Roeland J.M. Nolte

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5586-5589
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume54
Issue number44
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes

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