polymer – supported cobalt (ii) catalysts for the oxidation of alkenes聚合物-支持钴(ii)的氧化烯烃的催化剂.pdf

Molecules 2006, 11, 115-120 molecules ISSN 1420-3049 Polymer – Supported Cobalt (II) Catalysts for the Oxidation of Alkenes Edyta Błaż and Jan Pielichowski * Department of Polymer Science and Technology, Krakow University of Technology, ul. Warszawska 24, 31-155 Krakow, Poland. Fax: +48 12 6282038 * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: pielich@.pl Received: 16 February 2005; in revised form: 5 December 2005 / Accepted: 5 December 2005 / Published: 31 January 2006 Abstract: Polymer-supported heterogeneous catalysts in a form of complexes of 8-hydroxy- quinoline with cobalt acetate were synthesized. Conjugated polymers – polyaniline (PANI), poly-o-toluidine (POT), poly-o-anisidine (POA) – were used as supports. Oxidation reactions of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons were carried out in the presence of molecular oxygen at atmospheric pressure and epoxides or ketones were obtained as the main products with high selectivity. Keywords: Epoxidation, cobalt complexes, polyaniline based-catalysts, conjugated- polymers, catalysts. Introduction Catalytic liquid phase oxidation of compounds is a problem that has been evoking interest for many years. Heterogeneous catalysis allows running of various processes in a selective way and under mild conditions. Oxidation reactions constitute an important group of processes in organic chemistry, but the toxicity of many widely used oxidants and need for a solvent are the main obstacles in further development of the technology. Low select