Chemistry and catalytic performance of pyridyl-benzimidazole oxidomolybdenum(VI) compounds in (bio)olefin epoxidation

Neves, Patricia; Nogueira, Lucie S.; Gomes, Ana C.; Oliveira, Tânia S. M.; Lopes, Andre D.; Valente, Anabela A.; Gonçalves, Isabel S.; Pillinger, Martyn

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Neves, Patricia

Nogueira, Lucie S.

Gomes, Ana C.

Oliveira, Tânia S. M.

Abstract(s)

The chemistry and catalytic performance of the dichlorido complex [MoO2Cl2(pbim)] (1) [pbim = 2-(2-pyridyl)benzimidazole] in the epoxidation of olefins is reported. Complex 1 acts as a precatalyst and is more effective with tert-butyl-hydroperoxide (TBHP) as the oxidant than with aq. hydrogen peroxide: the cis-cyclooctene (Cy) reaction with TBHP gave 98 % epoxide yield at 70 degrees C/24 h. Catalyst characterization showed that 1 is transformed in situ to the oxidodiperoxido complex [MoO(O-2)(2)(pbim)] (2), with H2O2 and a hybrid molybdenum(VI) oxide solid formulated as [MoO3(pbim)] (3) with TBHP. The hybrid material 3 was prepared on a larger scale and explored for the epoxidation of the biorenewable olefins methyl oleate, methyl linoleate, and (R)-(+)-limonene. With TBHP as the oxidant, 3 acts as a source of soluble active species of the type 2. A practical method for recycling oxidodiperoxidomolybdenum(VI) catalysts for the Cy/TBHP reaction is demonstrated by using an ionic liquid as the solvent for the molecular catalyst 2.

Keywords

Oxo-molybdenum complexes Metal-organic framework Structural elucidation Efficient catalysts Dioxomolybdenum(Vi)-bpyridine complexes Hydrothermal synthesis Rhenium complexes Peroxo complexes Dioxo complexes