Nano-sized Mn oxides as true catalysts for alcohol oxidation by a mononuclear manganese(II) complex.

作者信息

Najafpour Mohammad Mahdi, Ebrahimi Foad, Amini Mojtaba, Rahimi Mohammad, El-Sawy Abdelhamid, Suib Steven L

机构信息

Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan, 45137-66731, Iran.

出版信息

Dalton Trans. 2015 Sep 14;44(34):15121-5. doi: 10.1039/c5dt01130b.

Herein new findings on the alcohol-oxidizing activity of a mononuclear manganese(II) complex are reported. We propose that nano-sized Mn oxides are true catalysts for the oxidation of some alcohols to aldehydes in the presence of Oxone (2KHSO5·KHSO4·K2SO4) as an oxidant.