Poly(9,9'-spirobifluorene-manganese porphyrin): a new catalytic material for oxidation of alkenes by iodobenzene diacetate and iodosylbenzene.

Anodic oxidation of tetraspirobifluorene-manganese porphyrin lead to the coating of the working electrode by insoluble electroactive poly(9,9'-spirobifluorene-manganese porphyrin) films for which electrochemical behaviour and physicochemical properties are described; these polymeric materials are able to catalyze the heterogeneous epoxidation of styrene with iodobenzene diacetate and iodosylbenzene.