Di)triazolylidene manganese complexes in catalytic oxidation of alcohols to ketones and aldehydes

Carbonyl manganese complexes with chelating or bridging mesoionic di(1,2,3-triazolylidene) ligands were efficiently synthesised and fully characterised, including the X-ray diffraction study of a bimetallic manganese(0) complex. This unprecedented bimetallic complex displayed high yield and selectivity in the catalytic oxidation of secondary alcohols and benzyl alcohol with tert-butyl hydroperoxide under mild conditions.