JOURNAL OF PORPHYRINS AND PHTHALOCYANINES, cilt.26, sa.06N07, ss.452-457, 2022 (SCI-Expanded)
The effect of electron withdrawing vs electron donating substituents on the catalytic activity of iron phthalocyanines was investigated using cyclohexene oxidation as a model reaction. We demonstrate that iron phthalocyanine with electron-withdrawing substitutents showed better conversion and selectivity into 2-cyclohexen-1-one (ON) oxidation products.