In this study, L-phenylalaninol, synthesized from the reduction of naturally occurring L-phenylalanine, was immobilized on MCM-41. The resulting heterogeneous ligand was comprehensively characterized using various spectroscopic techniques, such as FT-IR, XRD, TGA, EDX, Elemental mapping, SEM and BET/BJH. Evaluation of the copper complexes of the prepared heterogeneous ligand in the enantioselective Kharasch-Sosnovsky reaction of cycloolefins afforded chiral allylic esters in high yields (up to 94%) and moderate enantioselectivities (up to 60%). Reusability experiments showed that the catalytic efficiency did not change significantly over three consecutive cycles.
