Biomimetic oxidation of benzene by a polynuclear manganese complex [Mn12O12 (CH3CO2) 16 (H2O) 4] under mild conditions
Pavlishchuk, V.V.; Gavrilenko, K.S.; Pavlenko, N.V.
Ukrains'kyi Biokhimichnyi Zhurnal 73(3): 135-137
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-3909 PMID: 12035544 Document Number: 527793
The possibility of monooxygenase enzymes biomimetic construction models with the use of polynuclear manganese complexes was shown. It was demonstration that benzene is oxidized by polynuclear manganese complex [Mn12O12(CH3CO2)16(H2O)4] in acetonitrile solution at room temperature and atmospheric pressure yielding phenol with the selectivity more than 80%. It was determined that the addition of air oxygen as the reoxidizer to the reaction mixture didn't transfer the reaction into the catalytic mode.