Selective alkane hydroxylation and alkene epoxidation using H 2 O 2 and Fe(II) catalysts electrostatically attached to a fluorinated surface.

Fe(II) complexes with pentadentate ligands, including N -heterocyclic carbene moieties, were prepared and electrostatically attached onto the perfluorinated surface of a mesoporous aluminosilicate. The heterogeneous catalysts were applied to the catalytic oxidation of cyclohexane and cyclohexene using H 2 O 2 as an oxidant in CH 3 CN, demonstrating high performance and selectivity in alkane hydroxylation and cyclohexene epoxidation.