Tc. Zheng et De. Richardson, MANGANESE PORPHYRIN-CATALYZED HOMOGENEOUS AQUEOUS OXIDATION OF ORGANIC-MOLECULES BY MAGNESIUM MONOPEROXYPHTHALATE (MMPP), Tetrahedron letters, 36(6), 1995, pp. 837-840
Magnesium monoperoxyphthalate (MMPP) oxidizes a variety of organic mol
ecules in neutral homogeneous aqueous solutions at room temperature. A
water-soluble porphyrin complex, rakis(4-N-methylpyridyl)porphyrinato
manganese(III) chloride, Mn(III)TMPyP(4) Cl, acts as an efficient cata
lyst for the epoxidation and hydroxylation of water-soluble hydrocarbo
ns.