Molybdenum complexes of the type [CpMo(CO)3R] have been prepared and studied as alkene epoxidation precatalysts. Various attempts have been made to establish catalyst design principles by studying structural or spectroscopic parameters that can be correlated with observed catalytic activity. Issues of process development and catalyst robustness are addressed by studying the kinetic progress of the two oxidative transformations, namely precatalyst oxidative decarbonylation and catalytic alkene epoxidation, and a mechanistic model has been proposed.
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Molybdenum complexes of the type [CpMo(CO)3R] have been prepared and studied as alkene epoxidation precatalysts. Various attempts have been made to establish catalyst design principles by studying structural or spectroscopic parameters that can be correlated with observed catalytic activity. Issues of process development and catalyst robustness are addressed by studying the kinetic progress of the two oxidative transformations, namely precatalyst oxidative decarbonylation and catalytic alkene ep...
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