Novel Coordination Polymers with (Pyrazolato)-Based Tectons: Catalytic Activity in the Peroxidative Oxidation of Alcohols and Cyclohexane

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18 coordination polymers (CPs) were prepared and all of them possess a remarkable thermal stability. Two representative families of CPs, built up with either rigid or flexible spacers, were tested as catalysts in (i) the microwave-assisted solvent-free peroxidative oxidation of alcohols by t-BuOOH, and (ii) the peroxidative oxidation of cyclohexane to cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone by H2O2 in acetonitrile. Two copper(I)-containing CPs exhibit the highest efficiency in both reactions, leading selectively to a maximum product yield of 92% (and TON up to 1.5 × 103) in the oxidation of 1-phenylethanol and of 11% in the oxidation of cyclohexane, the latter value being higher than that granted by the current industrial process.

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