Mesoporous titanosilicates by templated non-hydrolytic sol–gel reactions
| Authors | |
|---|---|
| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Web | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10971-015-3666-8# |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10971-015-3666-8 |
| Field | Inorganic chemistry |
| Keywords | Non-hydrolytic sol-gel; Templating; Acetamide elimination; Mesoporous; Epoxidation Catalysis |
| Description | A novel templated non-hydrolytic sol–gel synthesis of titanosilicate xerogels is reported. Acetamide elimination from silicon acetate and titanium diethylamide allows obtaining titanosilicates with a high content of Si-O-Ti bonds but low surface areas. These xerogels lose porosity on calcination. However, with addition of Pluronic P123 as a structure-directing agent, we synthesized mesoporous titanosilicate materials with large surface areas (up to 615 m2 g-1) and well dispersed tetrahedral Ti that are stable at temperatures up to 500 °C. These potential catalysts were characterized by variety of physico-chemical methods (IR, GC–MS, XRD, 29Si and 13C CPMAS NMR, DRUV-Vis, and N2 porosimetry) and tested in cyclohexene epoxidation with cumyl hydroperoxide in toluene. They display catalytic activity with the 100 % selectivity to cyclohexene oxide and high catalytic yields up to 96 % which is comparable to previously reported titanosilicate catalysts. |
| Related projects: |