Rapid and Highly Selective Epoxidation of Styrene by meta-Chloroperbenzoic Acid Catalyzed by Manganese Meso-tetrakis(Pentafluorophenyl)Porphyrin in the Presence of Tetrabutylammonium Acetate and Bromide, By Majid Hashemi

Research

Title	Rapid and Highly Selective Epoxidation of Styrene by meta-Chloroperbenzoic Acid Catalyzed by Manganese Meso-tetrakis(Pentafluorophenyl)Porphyrin in the Presence of Tetrabutylammonium Acetate and Bromide
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Researchers	Zahra Solati (First researcher) , Majid Hashemi (Second researcher) ,

Abstract

Epoxidation of styrene with m-CPBA in the presence of Mn(TPFPP)Cl was improved to high yield (98–100%) and excellent selectivity (100%) by using n-Bu4NOAc or n-Bu4NBr as co-catalysts in less than 5 min. Also comparison of co-catalytic activity of n-Bu4NOAc, n-Bu4NBr and imidazole in epoxidation of cis-stilbene and styrene was carried out at similar conditions.