Method for oxidizing alkanes using halocarbyl-substituted porphyrins synthesized from meso-halocarbyl-dipyrromethanes and aldehydes

摘要

The invention comprises a method for the oxidation of alkanes to alcohols and for decomposition of hydroperoxides to alcohols utilizing compounds, which are metal complexes of porphyrins, having the following structural formula. where M comprises iron, manganese, cobalt or ruthenium and (a) R⁶ is hydrogen or haloaryl, R³ is hydrogen or haloalkyl, but R⁶ and R³ are not both hydrogen, and where R¹, R², R⁴ and R⁵ are independently hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, halogen, nitro cyano or halocarbyl, or (b) R³ and R⁶ are haloalkyl and R¹, R² R⁴ and R⁵ are halogen.;A new method of synthesizing porphyriongens is also disclosed.