Convenient and Mild Epoxidation of Alkenes Using Heterogeneous Cobalt Oxide Catalysts1. Issue 17 (18th March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Banerjee, Debasis; Jagadeesh, Rajenahally V.; Junge, Kathrin; Pohl, Marga‐Martina; Radnik, Jörg; Brückner, Angelika; Beller, Matthias
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 53:Issue 17(2014)
• Page Start: 4359
• Page End: 4363
• Publication Date: 2014-03-18
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201310420
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>A general epoxidation of aromatic and aliphatic olefins has been developed under mild conditions using heterogeneous Co_{<italic>x</italic>}O_{<italic>y</italic>}–N/C (<italic>x</italic>=1, 3; <italic>y</italic>=1, 4) catalysts and <italic>tert</italic>‐butyl hydroperoxide as the terminal oxidant. Various stilbenes and aliphatic alkenes, including renewable olefins, and vitamin and cholesterol derivatives, were successfully transformed into the corresponding epoxides with high selectivity and often good yields. The cobalt oxide catalyst can be recycled up to five times without significant loss of activity or change in structure. Characterization of the catalyst by XRD, TEM, XPS, and EPR analysis revealed the formation of cobalt oxide nanoparticles with varying size (Co₃O₄ with some CoO) and very few large particles with a metallic Co core and an oxidic shell. During the pyrolysis process the nitrogen ligand forms graphene‐type layers, in which selected carbon atoms are substituted by nitrogen.</p> </abstract>