Institution: | aCentro de Química Estrutural, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, TU Lisbon, Avenue Rovisco Pais, 1049–001 Lisbon, Portugal bUniversity of Joensuu, Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 111, FIN-80101 Joensuu, Finland |
Abstract: | The new inorganic 1D coordination polymer Cu2(H3tea)2(μ4-pma)]n has been prepared, via self-assembly in aqueous medium, from copper(II) nitrate, triethanolamine (H3tea), pyromellitic acid (H4pma) and lithium hydroxide, and characterized by IR spectroscopy, elemental and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. This compound and the related 2D polymer Cu2(μ-H2tea)2{μ3-Na2(H2O)4}(μ6-pma)]n · 10nH2O are shown to mimic the alkane partial oxidation activity of the multicopper particulate methane monooxygenase, acting as catalysts precursors for the peroxidative oxidation of cyclohexane into cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone, by hydrogen peroxide (as green oxidant) and at room temperature in acidic MeCN/H2O medium. An overall yield (based on cyclohexane) of 29% has been achieved. |