In-situ Dimanganese Catalyst for Fast Screening of Molecular Recognition Catalysts for Regioselective Oxygenation of an sp C-H Bond

Inorganica Chim Acta. 2009 Mar 2;362(4):1229-1233. doi: 10.1016/j.ica.2008.06.009.

Abstract

We report a rapid method for assembling our di-μ-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.