Precious metals are commonly used for homogeneous catalysis in industrial processes due to their high activities and ability to promote two electron transformations. These metals are expensive however, thus searches are underway for cheaper, environmentally friendly alternatives with comparable activities, selectivities, and stabilities. To this end, a plethora of reports have described the catalytic activities of Fe, Co and Ni<sup> </sup>compounds as first row surrogates for the ubiquitous, industrially used metals Ru, Rh, and Pt/Pd. Despite this, limited attention has been given to manganese, a low cost metal that is environmentally benign. Some new chemistry of manganese (II) supported by imine-amide ligands as well as some applications in catalysis will be discussed.

New divalent manganese complexes supported by imine-amide ligands

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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