Polymeric membranes: the role this support plays in the reactivity of the different generations of metalloporphyrins

In this work we investigated the catalytic activity of representatives of the three generations of ironporphyrins occluded in a polymeric film based on poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS), in the oxidation of cyclohexane by iodosylbenzene. The results show the influence of the polymeric support on the reactivity of the three generations of metalloporphyrins, its importance in concentrating the substrate close to the catalytic site, and the protection it renders the catalyst against auto-oxidative destruction.