The invention discloses preparation and application of a cage-shaped supramolecular catalyst for catalyzing
thioether oxidation. The preparation method comprises the following steps: firstly, carrying out amine-
aldehyde condensation on a tridentate
aldehyde compound and 1, 2-cyclohexanediamine to obtain a covalent cage compound material containing a
Salen ligand, then carrying out in-situ synthesis on the ligand and
transition metal M (II) to obtain a target cage supramolecular catalyst material, and finally, applying the target cage supramolecular catalyst material to selective oxidation of
thioether to generate
sulfone or
sulfoxide compounds. The catalyst material obtained by the method shows excellent performance in the catalytic
thioether oxidation reaction, the conversion rate is up to 95% or above, the catalytic reaction condition involved in the technology is mild, the reaction
solvent is greener, and the catalyst has the advantages of high conversion rate,
high selectivity and the like, can be recycled for multiple times, the activity and the selectivity of the catalyst are not obviously reduced, and the catalyst has high
economic benefits and industrial production application values.