Oxidation of Olefins Using Rhenium Supported by Imidazole-Functionalized Amphiphilic Copolymers
- Resource Type
- Original Paper
- Authors
- Wei, Sheng-Hsuan; Liu, Shiuh-Tzung
- Source
- Catalysis Letters. January 2009 127(1-2):143-147
- Subject
- Oxidation of olefin
Amphiphilic block copolymer
Recycle catalyst
Rhenium
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1011-372X
1572-879X
Well-defined amphiphilic EO45-b-MAm block copolymers modified with aminopropyl-imidazole groups are used as a support for methyltrioxorhenium. This material appears to be a good catalyst for the oxidation of olefins into the corresponding diols and can be recycle-used.