Process for the oxidation of organic compounds in the presence of bis- and tris-(.mu.-oxo)-dimanganese complex salts as catalyst

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Disclosed and claimed are oxidation reactions involving as a, catalyst, a bis- and/or tris-(µ-oxo)-dimanganese complex salt of the formula I, LMn(µ-O) a (µ-OAc) bMnLXAy (I) Ac is a C2-C8-acyl group, a is 1, 2 or 3 b is 0 when a is 2 or 3 or b is 2 when a is 1 x indicates the number of positive charges and is 2 or 3 A is a singly or doubly negatively charged anion y is the number of anions A required to balance the positive charges and, L is a ligand, such as N,N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-Nmethylamine or N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-pyridyl(methyl)-Nmethylamine or N1 N1 N1, N1-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)- 1,2-ethylenediamine.