Metallo-macrocycles with labile coordination sites through self assembly: Binuclear phenyl bridged bisbipyridine manganese complexes†
Kiu-Chor Sham,Guoli Zheng,Yinyan Li,Shek-Man Yiu,Hoi-Lun Kwong
Dalton Transactions Pub Date : 10/13/2011 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C1DT11589H
Abstract

Self assembly of phenyl bridged bisbipyridines with manganese perchlorate gave structurally different metallo-macrocycles having cis-labile coordination sites which can catalyse olefin epoxidation with peracetic acid in good yield.

Graphical abstract: Metallo-macrocycles with labile coordination sites through self assembly: Binuclear phenyl bridged bisbipyridine manganese complexes