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6. Introduction to Original Research
. Olefin Epoxidation with Mn(salen) Complexes
Introduction:
Your "advisor" has carefully monitored your progress in and believes that you are
ready to move from the technique modules to an actual project. This project will require you to use
many of the skills that you have learned over the past three weeks to address a specific question. In
addition, you and your labmates will learn to work as a research group in order to reach an
ambitious goal in a short period of time.
Overview: (written by your advisor)
Our group has had a longstanding interest in the epoxidation of olefins (eq 1), and would
like to take another look at an important report from a decade ago. Eric Jacobsen (former MIT
Post-doc and current Harvard Professor) showed that Mn(salen) complexes such as 1 are effective
epoxidation catalysts (eq 1). Because Mn(salen) complexes are e