Syntheses of manganese and iron tetraspirobifluorene porphyrins as new catalysts for oxidation of alkenes by hydrogen peroxide and iodosylbenzene

The condensation of pyrrole with 9,9′-spirobifluorene aldehyde yields new the 5,10,15,20-tetra(spirobifluorene) porphyrins; epoxidation of cyclooctene and styrene derivatives catalyzed by the manganese and iron complexes is reported using H2O2 and PhIO as oxygen atom donors.