A manganese-based catalyst system for general oxidation of unactivated olefins, alkanes, and alcohols

Non-noble metal-based catalyst systems consisting of inexpensive manganese salts, picolinic acid and various heterocycles enable epoxidation of the challenging (terminal) unactivated olefins, selective C-H oxidation of unactivated alkanes, and O-H oxidation of secondary alcohols with aqueous hydrogen peroxide. In the presence of the