Supplementary Material Catalytic activity of an iron(III) schiff base complex bound in a polymer resin Sk. Manirul Islama,*, Sumantra Paula, Anupam Singha Roya, Satabdi Banerjeeb, Kajari Ghosha , Ram Chandra Deya, S. C. Santrab aDept. bDept. of Chemistry, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia, 741235, W.B., India. of Env. Science, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia, 741235, W.B., India Corresponding author’s E-mail: manir65@rediffmail.com Figure S1. FE-SEM images of polymer supported Schiff base ligand (A) and polymer-anchored iron(III)-ferrocene Schiff base complex (B). 1 Figure S2. EDAX images of polymer supported ligand (3) (A) and polymer-anchored iron(III)ferrocene Schiff base complex (B). 2 Table S1. Oxidation of adamantane using different oxidants and solvents catalyzed by polymeranchored iron Schiff base complex. Entry Solvent Oxidant Yield of adamantine-1-ola (%) 1 CH3CN NaOCl 17 2 CH3CN NaIO4 26 3b CH3CN H2O2 31 4c CH3CN H2O2 78 5d CH3CN H2O2 80 6e CH3CN H2O2 39 7 CH3CN TBHP 21 8 CH3CN KHSO5 21 9 CH3CN AcOH 29 10 CH3OH H2O2 38 11 CH3CH2OH H2O2 33 12 Isopropanol H2O2 27 Conditions: adamantane (5 mmol); oxidant (10 mmol); CH3CN (10 mL); 50 mg catalyst at 60 0C for 10 hr. aYield refers to GC & GC-MS analysis. b5 mmol 30% H2O2 was used. c10 mmol 30% H2O2 was used. d15 mmol 30% H2O2 was used. e25 mmol 30% H2O2 was used. 3 Table S2. Oxidation of styrene using different oxidants and solvents catalyzed by polymeranchored iron(III)-ferrocene Schiff base complex Run Solvent Oxidant Yield of PhCHO (%)a 1b CH3CN H2O2 41 2c CH3CN H2O2 91 3 CH3CH2CN H2O2 76 4 MeOH H2O2 74 5 EtOH H2O2 69 6 t BuOH H2O2 61 7 DMSO H2O2 93 8d CH3CN H2O2 62 Conditions: styrene (5 mmol); oxidant (10 mmol); Solvent (10 mL); 50 mg catalyst at 60 0C for 8 hr. aYield refers to GC & GC-MS analysis. b5 mmol 30% H2O2 was used. c10 mmol 30% H2O2 was used. d20 mmol 30% H2O2 was used. 4 Table S3. Oxidation of benzylalcohol using different solvents catalyzed by polymer supported iron Schiff base complex. Run Solvent Oxidant Yield of PhCHO (%)a 1 MeOH H2O2 75 2 EtOH H2O2 71 BuOH H2O2 63 4 DMF H2O2 81 5b CH3CN H2O2 94 5 DMSO H2O2 83 6 Acetone H2O2 78 7 AcOH H2O2 96 8c CH3CN H2O2 94 9d CH3CN H2O2 92 10e CH3CN H2O2 59 3 t Conditions: Benzyl alcohol (5 mmol); oxidant (10 mmol); Solvent (10 mL); 50 mg catalyst at room temparature for 8 hr. aYield refers to GC & GC-MS analysis. bReaction temperature 60 0C. c Reaction temperature 50 0C. dRoom temperature. e20 mmol 30% H2O2 was used. 5 Table S4. Oxidation of thioanisole using different solvents catalyzed by polymer-anchored iron Schiff base complex. Yeild of sulfoxide (%)a,b Run Solvent 1 CH2Cl2 H2O2 27 2 AcOEt H2O2 59 3 Toluene H2O2 17 4c CH3CN H2O2 92 5 CH3CH2CN H2O2 78 6 MeOH H2O2 83 7 EtOH H2O2 82 8 i PrOH H2O2 73 9 t BuOH H2O2 69 CH3CN H2O2 91 10d Oxidant Conditions: diphenyl sulfide (5 mmol); 30% aq H2O2 (10 mmol); Solvent (10 mL); 50 mg catalyst at room temperature. aConversion and selectivity were determined by GC. bProducts were characterized by GC–MS. cReaction temperature was 60 0C. dReaction temperature was 50 0 C. eRoom temperature. f20 mmol 30% H2O2 was used. 6 Table S5. Recyclability test of the catalyst Catalytic runs → Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Styrene oxidation 91 90 87 84 82 Benzyl alcohol oxidation 92 92 90 86 84 ↓Reactions Table S6. Antibacterial activities of iron(III)-ferrocene Schiff base complex* . Compound E.coli (mm) 1000 ppm Iron(III)chloride 2000 ppm nil nil B.subtilis (mm) 3000 ppm 26.6±0.26 1000 ppm nil 2000 ppm 3000 ppm nil 28.0±0.4 ligand 16.3±3.5 20.3±3.0 - 18.3±2.0 21.7±1.7 - Iron(III)ferrocene complex 20.5±2.6 24.5±2.5 - 22.5±3.2 25.7±1.4 - Streptomycin 13.5±2.3 15.5±2.2 - 12.9±3.0 15.4±2.4 - *Inhibition zone diameter in mm. 7 Spectral data of the products OH 1-adamantanol [1]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 4.12 (s, 1H), 2.11-2.16 (m, 3H) 1.90-1.96 (m, 6H), 1.75-1.79 (m, 6H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 67.7, 45.6, 37.0, 32.0. CHO Benzaldehyde [2]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 10.15 (s, 1H), 7.90 (d, 2H), 7.65 (m, 1H), 7.52 (m, 2H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 192.4, 136.0, 134.0, 130.3, 129.6. CHO O2N 4-Nitrobenzaldehyde [3]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 10.17 (s, 1H), 8.40 (d, 2H), 8.09 (d, 2H); C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 192.5, 154.0, 143.8, 130.2, 124.3. 13 CHO Cl 4-Chlorobenzaldehyde [2]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 10.16 (s, 1H), 7.82 (d, 2H), 7.60 (d, 2H); C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 191.2, 141.0, 134.7, 131.3, 129.8. 13 O Acetophenone [4]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 7.90 (m, 2H), 7.54 (m, 1H), 7.47 (m, 2H), 2.58 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 198.0, 137.6, 133.4, 128.7, 128.4, 26.7. 8 O Propiophenone [5]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 7.97 (d, 2H), 7.60 (m, 1H), 7.54 (m, 2H), 3.08 (m, 2H), 1.23 (t, 3H); 13 C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 200.6, 137.0, 133.3, 129.0, 128.5 128.0, 127.6, 31.9, 8.11. O Cl 4-Chloroacetophenone [4]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 7.87 (d, 2H), 7.40 (d, 2H), 2.60 (s, 3H); C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 196.8, 139.3, 135.7, 129.6, 128.5, 26.8. 13 MeO O 4-Methoxyacetophenone [4]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 7.98 (d, 2H), 6.92 (d, 2H), 3.87 (s, 3H), 2.58 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 196.4, 159.9, 130.1, 129.5, 113.5, 55.8, 25.9. O 4-Methylacetophenone [4]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 7.88 (d, 2H),7.26 (d, 2H), 2.55 (s, 3H), 2.39 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 197.9, 139.9, 134.7, 129.4, 128.6, 26.2, 21.7. O Benzophenone [5]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 7.86 (d, 4H), 7.70 (m, 2H), 7.54 (m, 4H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 196.9, 138.0, 132.2, 129.9, 128.0. 9 O 2-Octanone [4]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 2.32 (t, 2H), 2.10 (s, 3H), 1.55 (m, 2H), 1.24 (m, 6H), 0.87(q, 3H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 209.0, 43.8, 31.7, 29.9, 28.5, 23.8, 22.6, 14.5. O Cyclohexanone [5]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 2.30 (t, 4H), 1.84 (m, 4H), 1.69 (m, 2H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 211.4, 42.0, 26.9, 25.1 Br O 4-Bromobenzaldehyde [2]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 9.7 (s, 1H), 7.70-7.81 (m, 4H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 192.1, 135.6, 132.0, 130.9, 129.1 O Verbenone [6]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 5.65 (brs, 1H), 2.79 (t, 1H), 2.66 (t, 1H), 2.43 (d, 1H), 2.10 (d, 1H), 2.04 (d, 3H), 1.53 (s, 3H), 1.05 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 204.1, 169.2, 121.0, 57.8, 53.7, 49.8, 40.6, 26.5, 23.6, 22.3 O Carvone [7]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 6.73 (m, 1H), 4.67-4.79 (s, 2H) 2.80–2.30 (m, 5H), 1.73 (s, 6H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm), 200.1, 147.2, 145.0, 135.7, 110.8, 43.5, 42.4, 31.6, 20.6, , 16.1. 10 O MeO 2-Methoxybenzaldehyde [2]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 9.99 (s, 1H), 7.59 (d, 1H), 7.54 (m, 1H), 7.29 (m, 1H), 7.12 (d, 1H), 3.80 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 191.9, 164.0, 136.4, 131.5, 125.1, 121.3, 112.0, 55.2 Cl OHC 2-Chlorobenzaldehyde [2]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 10.39 (s, 1H), 7.90 (d, 1H), 7.42-7.57 (m, 3H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 189.4, 137.3, 135.6, 133.9, 131.4, 131.0, 127.3 O O Benzil [8]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 7.95 (d, 4H,), 7.68-7.71 (m, 2H), 7.49-7.54 (m, 4H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 194.7, 134.6, 132.9, 130.1, 128.9 O Acetone [9]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 2.17 (s, 6H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 206.9, 31.0 O 2,2-Dimethylpropiophenone [5]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 7.59 (d, 2H), 7.19-7.49 (m, 3H), 1.28 (s, 9H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 209.9, 138.5, 131.0, 127.3, 127.6, 44.7, 28.4 11 O S Diphenyl sulfoxide [10]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 7.59-7.65 (m, 4H), 7.39-7.45 (m, 6H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm), 145.8, 131.4, 129.0, 124.3 O S Cyclohexylphenyl sulfoxide [11]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 7.53-7.59 (m, 2H), 7.42-7.51 (m, 3H), 2.79 (t, 2H), 1.68-1.75 (m, 1H), 1.52-1.59 (m, 1H), 1.29-1.41 (m, 2H), 1.21-1.26 (m, 4H), 0.90 (t, 3H) ; 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 142.9, 130.4, 129.0, 123.8, 57.0, 31.4, 28.6, 22.5, 21.9, 14.0 O S O Methyl(4-methoxyphenyl) sulfoxide [12]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm)7.60 (d, 2H), 6.99 (d, 2H), 3.81 (s, 3H), 2.70 (s, 3H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 162.3, 136.4, 125.3, 114.9, 55.8, 39.9 O S Methylphenyl sulfoxide [10]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 2.64 (s, 3H), 7.48-7.54 (m, 3H), 7.587.60 (m, 2H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 44.0, 123.4, 129.5, 130.9, 145.7 O S Ethylphenyl sulfoxide [10]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 7.41-7.59 (m, 5H) 2.87-2.92 (m, 1H), 2.68-2.78 (m, 1H), 1.65 (t, 3H) ; 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 143.8, 131.6, 128.9, 124.6, 49.5, 7.1 12 O S Phenyl (prop-1-ene) sulfoxide [11]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 7.87-7. 90 (m, 2H), 7.59-7.63 (m, 1H), 7.48-7.53 (m, 2H), 5.72-5.81 (m, 1H), 5.29 (d, 1H), 5.14 (d, 1H), 3.78 (d, 2H) ; 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 138.6, 133.7, 129.5, 128.4, 124.7, 124.1, 60.3 O S Benzylphenyl sulfoxide [11]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 7.38-7.44 (m, 5H) 7.18-7.24 (m, 3H), 6.91 (d, 2H), 4.10 (d, 1H), 3.99 (d, 1H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 143.0, 131.6, 130.3, 129.5, 128.5, 128.2, 127.9, 124.2, 63.5 S O Dimethyl sulfoxide [9]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 2.58 (s, 6H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 40.3 Pr S Pr O Di(n-propyl) sulfoxide [13]: H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 2.69–2.75 (m, 2H), 2.54–2.61(m, 2H), 1 1.80 (m, 4H), 1.10 (t, 6H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 54.41, 16.11, 13.49 S 13 O Di(n-butyl) sulfoxide [11]: 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 2.60-2.71 (m, 4H, CH2) 1.68-1.74 (m, 4H, CH2), 1.41-1.49 (m, 4H, CH2), 0.92 (t, 6H, CH3); 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ (ppm) 51.9, 24.8, 22.5, 13.9 References [1] Wang K, Cui R, Gu J, Yu O, Ma G, Nie J 2012) J Appl Polym Sci, 123:26 [2] Polshettiwar V, Varma RS (2009) Org Biomol Chem 7:37 [3] Xie Y, Mo W, Xu D, Shen Z, Sun N, Hu B, Hu X (2007) J Org Chem 72:4288 [4] Wang JL, He LN, Miao CX, Li YN (2009) Green Chem 11:1317 [5] Brayton DF, Mocka C, Berini C and Navarro O (2009) Organic Letters 11:5094 [6] (a) Watanabe M, Bahlul ZA and Michiharu K (1993) J Org Chem 58:3923 (b) Farooq A and Hanson JR (1995) Phytochemistry 40:815 [7] Aggarwal KK, Khanuja SPS, Ahmad A, Kumar TRS, Gupta VK, Kumar S (2002) Flavour Fragr J 17:59 [8] Hanif M, Ping LU, Cheng GU, Ming WZ, Min YS, Bing Y, Lei WC, Guang MY (2009) Chem Res Chinese Universities. 25:950 [9] Gottlieb HE, Kotlyar V, Nudelman A (1997) J Org Chem 62:7512 [10] Moorthy JN, Singhal N, Senapati K (2008) Tetrahedron Lett 49:80 [11] Raju BR, Sarkar S, Reddy UC, Saikia AK (2009) J Mol Catal A: Chem 308:169 [12] Ali MH, Stevens WC (1997) Synthesis 764 [13] Hanson P, Hendrickxz RAAJ, Smith JRL (2010) New J Chem. 34:65 14