Catalytic oxidation of cyclohexane and cyclooctene over a new metalloporphyrin supported on VOPO4 catalyst

In this work, we report the use of oxovanadium phosphate as support of the 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(2,6-dichlorophenyl)porphyrin iron (III) chloride (Fe(TDCPP)Cl) and of the 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(2,6-dichlorophenyl)porphyrin manganese (III) chloride (Mn(TDCPP)Cl) catalysts for cyclohexane and cyclooctene oxidations by iodosylbenzene. The catalytic results have shown that oxovanadium phosphate support is suitable for metalloporphyrin catalysts leading to an efficient system for the cyclooctene epoxidation and very selective for cyclohexane hydroxylation.