Catalytic asymmetric dihydroxylation of olefins using polysulfone-based novel microencapsulated osmium tetroxide

A polysulfone based novel polymer-supported osmium catalyst has been developed. The catalyst was prepared from commercially available polysulfone, based on a microencapsulation technique and was employed in the asymmetric dihydroxylation of various olefins using (DHQD)2PHAL as the chiral ligand and NMO as the co-oxidant in H2O-acetone-CH3CN (1:1:1). The catalyst was recovered by simple filtration and was reused to obtain excellent yields with good enantioselectivity up to five times.