Fluorous Biphasic Catalysis: Complexation of 1,4,7‐[C8F17(CH2)3]3‐1,4,7‐Triazacyclononane with [M(C8F17(CH2)2CO2)2] (M = Mn, Co) To Provide Perfluoroheptane‐Soluble Catalysts for Alkane and Alkene Functionalization in the Presence of t‐BuOOH and O2

An autoxidation mechanism was involved in the oxidation of alkanes and alkenes with tBuOOH and O2 under conditions of fluorous biphasic catalysis. The catalytically active complexes are soluble in perfluoroheptane and form in situ from ligand 1 and the Mn2+ complex 2 with polyfluorinated carboxylate ligands (fluoroponytails).