New types of supported catalysts were obtained by anchoring chiral salen Mn(III) complex on a series of alkoxyl-modified zirconium poly(styrene-phenylvinyl phosphonate)-phosphate (ZPS-PVPA) in the text. All the prepared catalysts were characterized by FT-IR, UV-vis, XPS, SEM, TG and elemental analysis. The catalytic capabilities were investigated with m-CPBA as an oxidant and with indene and α-methylstyrene as substrates for asymmetric epoxidation of unfunctionalized olefins. Contrary to most of the literatures reported, the results showed that the heterogeneous catalysts 3a～3f exhibited excellent catalytic activities, and their conversions and ee values increased remarkably in the absent of N-methyl- morpholine N-oxide (NMO) under the same catalytic conditions. Futhermore, these catalysts were easily separated and reused ten times without significant loss of activities.

Key words: zirconium poly(styrene-phenylvinyl phosphonate)-phosphate, alkoxyl-modified, Salen Mn(III), unfunctionalized olefins, asymmetric epoxidation