ZSM-5 was modified by alkaline and acidic solution to introduce mesoporosity
in the crystals. Heterogenized Co(III) salen was prepared in the mesopores of ZSM-5 by
‘ship-in-a-bottle’ method. Phenolic ring opening of epoxides was performed successfully
by using encapsulated chiral salen catalysts. Very high enantioselectivity and conversion
were obtained in PKR reaction by immobilized catalysts.
An efficient, visible light-driven manganese–porphyrin photocatalyst was developed for the asymmetric epoxidation of trans-stilbene by molecular oxygen under mild conditions.