SYNTHESIS AND REACTIVITY IN INORGANIC METAL-ORGANIC AND NANO-METAL CHEMISTRY, cilt.40, sa.9, ss.613-620, 2010 (SCI-Expanded)
Cu(I) complexes of free ditertiary aminomethylphosphine ligand, N,N-bis(diphenylphosphinomethyl)aminopropyltriethox- ysilane (DIPAPTES) and its silica supported form (SiO2-DIPAPES), have been synthesized under nitrogen atmosphere using Schlenk method and characterized by atomic absorption, FT-IR, NMR (1H and 31P), and elemental analysis. Acetylacetonate (acac)- complexes of Cr(III) and Mn(III) complexes were prepared according to the literature. All the complexes were used as catalysts for the oxidation of 2-methyl naphthalene (2MN) to 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (Vitamin K3, menadione, 2MNQ) using hydrogen peroxide as a clean and cheap oxidant. All the complexes did not show good catalytic activity for the selective oxidation of 2-methyl naphthalene to 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone.