In situ dimanganese catalyst for fast screening of molecular recognition catalysts for regioselective oxygenation of an sp3 C-H bond

We report a rapid method for assembling our di-mu-oxo dimanganese catalyst, verified by ESI-MS and EPR, assessing its water oxidation activity by a Clark electrode O-2-assay study and its regioselective C-H activation activity by product analysis in catalytic runs. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.