Hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) methods were employed to study electronic effects of 5,5'-substituents on the enantioselectivity of (salen)Mn catalysts. Correlations obtained from the QM/MM calculations elucidated electronic framework effects on enantioselectivity for (salen)Mn heterogenized in a metal-organic framework (MOF). The correlations also enabled fast ligand scree...

A novel dynamic covalent gel strategy is reported to immobilize an asymmetric catalyst within the channels of a microfluidic flow reactor. A layer of a catalytically active Mn–salen dynamic covalent imine gel matrix was coated onto a functionalized capillary. Mn–salen active moiety was incorporated into dynamic covalent imine gel matrix via the reaction of a chiral Mn–salen dialdehyde unit with...

A novel dynamic covalent gel strategy is reported to immobilize an asymmetric catalyst within the channels of a microfluidic flow reactor. A layer of a catalytically active Mn-salen dynamic covalent imine gel matrix was coated onto a functionalized capillary. Mn-salen active moiety was incorporated into dynamic covalent imine gel matrix via the reaction of a chiral Mn-salen dialdehyde unit with...

Salen Mn complexes, including EUK-134, EUK-189 and a newer cyclized analog EUK-207, are synthetic SOD/catalase mimetics that have beneficial effects in many models of oxidative stress. As oxidative stress is implicated in some forms of delayed radiation injury, we are investigating whether these compounds can mitigate injury to normal tissues caused by ionizing radiation. This review describes ...

A chiral Mn(salen) complex exhibiting two lactam binding sites at two rigid 1,5,7-trimethyl-3-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-2-one skeletons is capable of enantioselective sulfoxidation due to spatially remote substrate hydrogen bonding.

Enantioselective epoxidation reactions of some chosen reactive alkenes by a chiral Mn(III) salen catalyst were performed in H₂O employing H₂O₂ as oxidant and diethyltetradecylamine N-oxide (AOE-14) as surfactant. This procedure represents an environmentally benign protocol which leads to e.e. values ranging from good to excellent (up to 95%).

An insoluble, porous, amorphous, homochiral material based on a polypeptide titanium-phosphonate scaffold with an encapsulated achiral Mn(III)-salen was prepared and characterized. Consecutive epoxidation and hydration of styrene and its derivatives by aqueous hypochlorite in THF showed the highly enantioselective (>99%) formation of styrene diol derivatives.

1, 8-Dioxo-octahydroxanthene derivatives have efficiently been synthesized from dimedone and aromatic aldehydes using [Fe(III)(salen)Cl] complex as an efficient and homogeneous catalyst in molten tetrabutyl ammonium bromide. This methodology offers several advantages, such as good yields, short reaction times, simple procedure, and mild conditions.

Two unprecedented 2D entangled layers of warp-and-woof threads interwoven by left- and right-handed helical chains, {[Mn(salen)Au(CN)2]4(H2O)}n (salen = N,N'-ethylenebis(salicylideneaminato)) and {Mn(acacen)Ag(CN)2}n (acacen = N,N'-ethylenebis(acetylacetonylideneiminate)) 2, have been synthesized and characterized.