Manganese complexes with non-porphyrin N4 ligands as recyclable catalyst for the asymmetric epoxidation of olefins

New chiral manganese complexes of N4 ligands derived from 2-acetylpyridine were prepared and used as catalysts in the enantioselective epoxidation of olefins, using H2O2 as an oxidant to give epoxides, with excellent conversions (up to 99%) and enantiomeric excess (up to 88%) within 1 h at 0 °C. A detailed mechanistic study was undertaken based on the information obtained by single crystal X-ray, optical rotation, UV-Vis, CD spectra and kinetic studies, and revealed that the reaction is first order with respect to the concentration of catalyst and oxidant and independent of substrate concentration. The complex (0.1 mol%) was successfully subjected to recyclability experiments over 3 cycles in the epoxidation of styrene with H2O2 as an oxidant and acetic acid as an additive at 0 °C with retention of performance.

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