Mesoporous cobalt/manganese oxide: a highly selective bifunctional catalyst for amine-imine transformations

• Published in: Green chemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource : GC Vol. 20; no. 14; pp. 3180 - 3185
• Main Authors: Dutta, Biswanath, March, Seth, Achola, Laura, Sahoo, Sanjubala, He, Junkai, Amin, Alireza Shirazi, Wu, Yang, Poges, Shannon, Alpay, S. Pamir, Suib, Steven L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: CAMBRIDGE Royal Soc Chemistry 2018; Royal Society of Chemistry; Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
• Subjects: Alcohols; Catalysis; Chemistry; Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Cobalt; Cross coupling; Density functional theory; Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Green chemistry; Imines; Manganese; Manganese compounds; Manganese oxides; Organic chemistry; Oxidation; Physical properties; Physical Sciences; Quantum mechanics; Reaction mechanisms; Science & Technology; Science & Technology - Other Topics; Surface chemistry; ALCOHOLS; TEMPERATURE; ONE-POT SYNTHESIS; SECONDARY; AEROBIC OXIDATION; REDOX; TOTAL-ENERGY CALCULATIONS; EFFICIENT
• ISSN: 1463-9262; 1463-9270
• DOI: 10.1039/c8gc00862k

Herein, we discuss a heterogeneous catalytic protocol using cobalt doped mesoporous manganese oxide for amine-alcohol cross-coupling to selectively produce symmetric or asymmetric imines. Thorough investigations on the surface chemistry and physical properties of the material revealed its outstanding oxidation-reduction properties and reaction mechanism which was supported by quantum mechanical calculations done by using density functional theory (DFT).