Shape-selective alkane hydroxylation

K Suslick, B Cook, M Fox

Index: Suslick, Kenneth; Cook, Bruce; Fox, Mary Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1985 , # 9 p. 580 - 582

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Abstract

The ability of enzymes to exhibit unequalled substrate specificity has led to diverse efforts to design synthetic systems which will show substrate recognition, or shape- or regio- selectivity. 172 Metalloporphyrins have been used as epoxida- tion and hydroxylation catalysts in an attempt to mimic the behaviour of cytochrome P450, with some degree of success.3 We report here the remarkable enhancement of regioselectiv- ity for catalytic alkane ...