Bimetallic complexes as catalysts in an oxidation process

摘要

Disclosed is an olefin epoxidation process that contacting an olefinically unsaturated substrate with oxygen in the presence of catalytic amount of a bimetallic complex under the reaction conditions such that the olefin is at least partially oxidized. The metals introduced in the bimetallic complex are independently selected from vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, molybdenum, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, tungsten, rhenium, osmium, iridum or platinum.