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Published on: July 23, 2016
A stable and highly selective metalloporphyrin based framework for the catalytic oxidation of cyclohexene
Zhinan Xia1, Fengyan Li2, Lin Xu1
1Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, P. R. China. lify525@nenu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
A new metalloporphyrin framework of molybdenum Mo2O4(C48H28N4O8)·(CH3)2NH·5H2O·2DMF (Mo2TCPP) was synthesized from tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)porphyrin (H4TCPP) and sodium molybdate dihydrate by a hydrothermal method. Mo2TCPP is a 3D network with two sub-units, in which both TCPP ligands and each Mo2 dimer act as four connection nodes. The crystal structure was determined by single crystal analysis and further characterized by FTIR, SEM, EDX, PXRD, XPS and TGA. Here cumene hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen peroxide were used as oxidants to study the catalytic activity of new metalloporphyrins in the oxidation of cyclohexene at different temperatures. The conversion rate of cyclohexene and the selectivity of epoxycyclohexane were both higher than 99%, which was better than the previously published research results. The stability of the catalyst before and after the reaction was further tested for 10 runs without obvious degradation. The catalyst was stable in different solutions such as acidic, water and alkaline. These results shed light on the future development of new catalytic materials based on metalloporphyrin.
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