Catalytic Asymmetric Dihydroxylation Using Phenoxyethoxymethyl-polystyrene (PEM)-Based Novel Microencapsulated Osmium Tetroxide (PEM-MC OsO4)

Abstract
A phenoxyethoxymethyl-polystyrene (PEM)-based novel polymer-supported osmium catalyst has been developed. The catalyst was readily prepared from PEM polymer based on a microencapsulation technique, and asymmetric dihydroxylation of olefins has been successfully performed using (DHQD)2PHAL as a chiral ligand and K3Fe(CN)6 as a cooxidant in H2O/acetone. The catalyst was recovered quantitativery by simple filtration and reused without loss of activity several times.