Iron(III) Complexation with Galactodendritic Porphyrin Species and Hydrocarbons’ Oxidative Transformations

The iron metalation of the known free‐base porphyrins H2P2 and H2P3, obtained by structural modification of the well‐known TPPF20 (H2P1) with galactose dendritic units, gave the corresponding iron(III) porphyrin complex FeP2 and the solid hybrid material FeP3S. Their synthesis, characterization and catalytic efficacy toward the oxidation of the organic substrates (Z)‐cyclooctene, cyclohexane and heptane, are reported. In this work, the possibility to modulate selectivity and chemical efficiency of the catalytic system by using simple and more sophisticated metalloporphyrins is demonstrated. Furthermore, the presence of the galactose dendrimer units at the meso‐porphyrin ring positions can tune the oxidation at the terminal positions in linear alkanes. In addition, the FeP3S material was easily recovered and reused at least 3 times for the cyclooctene oxidation. The catalytic performance of material FeP3S, associated with their possibility of reuse, makes this material a promising catalyst. In this work, we report the synthesis, characterization, and catalytic activity of iron(III) porphyrins obtained by structural modification of the well‐known 5,10,15,20‐tetrakis[pentafluorophenyl]porphyrin with galactose dendritic units. The important role of these units in the structures and their accessibility to form a structured solid (FeP3S) in order to modulate the catalytic performance is presented.