P-Mo-133 Co(III)-Salen Catalysts for the Regioselective Ring-Opening of Epoxides with Alcohols

Monday, June 6, 2011
Ontario Exhibit Hall (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah1, Xun-Jin Zhu1, Tina Arrowood2, Peter Nickias2 and Christopher W. Jones3, (1)School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, (2)Core Research and Development, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI, (3)Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
 Co(III) complexes of quasi-planar, L2X2 ligands such as salen, salphen and porphyrin provide for a new route to the regioselective ring-opening of 1,2-epoxides with high activity and yield.  The nature of the ligand, counterion, and catalyst structure (unsupported vs. supported) all have a critical impact on the catalytic properties.

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