Dihydroxylation of olefins catalyzed by zeolite-confined osmium(0) nanoclusters: an efficient and reusable method for the preparation of 1,2-cis-diols
GREEN CHEMISTRY, vol.14, no.5, pp.1488-1492, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 14 Issue: 5
- Publication Date: 2012
- Doi Number: 10.1039/c2gc16616j
- Journal Name: GREEN CHEMISTRY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.1488-1492
- Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Addressed herein is a novel, eco-friendly, recoverable, reusable and bottleable catalytic system developed for the dihydroxylation of various olefins yielding 1,2-cis-diols. In our protocol, zeolite-confined osmium (0) nanoclusters (zeolite-Os-0) are used as reusable catalyst and H2O2 served as a co-oxidant. Zeolite-Os-0 are found to be highly efficient and selective catalysts for the dihydroxylation of a wide range olefins in an aqueous acetone mixture at room temperature. In all of the olefins surveyed, the catalytic dihydroxylation reaction proceeds smoothly and the corresponding 1,2-cis-diols are obtained in excellent chemical yield under the optimized conditions. The present heterogeneous catalyst system provides many advantages, such as being eco-friendly and industrially applicable over the traditional homogenous OsO4-NMO system for the dihydroxylation of olefins.