Supporting information Novel Chiral (Salen)Mn(III) Complexes Containing a Calix[4]arene Unit in 1,3- alternate conformation as Catalysts for Enantioselective Epoxidation Reactions of (Z)-Aryl Alkenes Carmela Bonaccorso, a Giovanna Brancatelli, b Francesco P. Ballistreri, a Silvano Geremia, b Andrea Pappalardo, a Gaetano A. Tomaselli, a Rosa M. Toscano, a Domenico Sciotto* a a Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Catania, viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy b Centro di Eccellenza in Biocristallografia, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università di Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy S2 Figure S1. 1 H-NMR spectrum of dibromo derivative 6a S3 Figure S2. 1 H-NMR spectrum of dibromo derivative 6b S4 Figure S3. 1 H-NMR spectrum of protected aldehyde 7a S5 Figure S4. 1 H-NMR spectrum of protected aldehyde 7b S6 Figure S5. 1 H-NMR spectrum of aldehyde 8a S7 Figure S6. 1 H-NMR spectrum of aldehyde 8b S8 Figure S7. 1 H-NMR spectrum of calix[4]arene-salen 1a S9 Figure S8. 1 H-NMR spectrum of calix[4]arene-salen 1b S10 Figure S9. 1 H-NMR spectrum of UO 2 -calix[4]arene-salen 2a S11 Figure S10. 2D-COSY spectrum of UO 2 -calix[4]arene-salen 2a S12 Figure S11. ESI-MS spectrum of UO 2 -calix[4]arene-salen 2a S13 Figure S12. 1 H-NMR spectrum of UO 2 -calix[4]arene-salen 2b S14 Figure S13. 2D-COSY spectrum of UO 2 -calix[4]arene-salen 2b S15 Figure S14. ESI-MS spectrum of UO 2 -calix[4]arene-salen 2b S16 Figure S15. Variable temperature 1 H NMR spectra of UO2-calix[4]arene-salen 2a S17 Figure S16. Variable temperature 1 H NMR spectra of UO2-calix[4]arene-salen 2b S18 Figure S17. T-ROESY map of UO 2 -calix[4]arene-salen 2a S19 Figure S18. T-ROESY map of UO 2 -calix[4]arene-salen 2b S20 Figure S19. ESI-MS spectrum of Mn-calix[4]arene-salen 3a S21 Figure S20. ESI-MS spectrum of Mn-calix[4]arene-salen 3b S22 Table S1. Crystal data and structure refinement for UO 2 -calix[4]arene-salen 2a S23 Figure S21. Scheme of the hydrogen bonding involving the water molecule coordinated to uranium center and the calix[4]arene scaffold of UO 2 -calix[4]arene-salen 2a S1 Electronic Supplementary Material (ESI) for Dalton Transactions This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2013