Recent advances in the catalytic oxidation of alkene and alkane substrates using immobilized manganese complexes with nitrogen containing ligands

In recent years, many supported manganese catalysts for the oxidative transformations of hydrocarbons by various terminal oxidants have been designed and tested. A vast range of inorganic (e.g. silica, carbon, zeolites), organic (e.g. polymers, dendrimers), and hybrid (e.g. polymeric phosphates, metal-organic frameworks) materials have been chosen to immobilise catalysts using various anchoring and embedding methods including covalent bonding, axial coordination and non-covalent interactions. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the applications of heterogenised manganese complexes with different nitrogen containing ligands, including porphyrins, salens and amines immobilized on inorganic or/and organic supports in the catalytic oxidation of alkanes and alkenes. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.