Oxidation of cyclohexene and styrene with sodium periodate and tetra-nbutylammonium periodate (TBAP) catalyzed by MnT(3-MePy)P(OAc), MnT(4-SO 3 )PP(OAc) and MnTPP(OAc) has been studied in water, methanol, acetonitrile and dichloromethane as solvents. The results show significant dependence of the product distribution on the type of solvent and the electronic nature of the aryl substituents introduced at the porphyrin periphery. While the oxidation of cyclohexene and styrene in the presence of MnT(3-MePy)P(OAc) and MnTPP(OAc) in water (also in methanol) gave the corresponding epoxides as nearly the sole product, performing the reactions in the presence of MnT(4-SO 3 )PP(OAc) yielded the products of allylic oxidation, cyclohexene-2-ol and cyclohexene-2-one and acetophenone as the major products. In the case of styrene, performing the reaction in the presence of MnT(4-SO 3 )PP(OAc), MnT(3-MePy)P(OAc) and MnTPP(OAc) in acetonitrile gave a mixture of styrene oxide and acetophenone as the products. Under the same conditions, the oxidation of cyclohexene afforded cyclohexene oxide as approximately the exclusive product. Furthermore, the oxidation of olefins in dichloromethane gave the corresponding epoxide as the exclusive products. The product distributions observed in the protic and aprotic solvents were used to provide indirect evidence on the relative contribution and reactivity of high valent manganese oxo and periodato Mn(III) porphyrin species to the oxidation reactions.
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