Ti-POSS covalently immobilized onto mesoporous silica: A model for active sites in heterogeneous catalytic epoxidation

Fabio Carniato; Chiara Bisio; Laura Sordelli; Elena Gavrilova; Matteo Guidotti

doi:10.1016/j.ica.2011.11.051

Ti-POSS covalently immobilized onto mesoporous silica: A model for active sites in heterogeneous catalytic epoxidation

Fabio Carniato, Chiara Bisio, Laura Sordelli, Elena Gavrilova, Matteo Guidotti

Department of Science and Technological Innovation

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Abstract

A functionalized Ti-containing polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane was anchored on the surface of an ordered SBA-15 and a non-ordered amorphous mesoporous silica. The physico-chemical characterization of the textural, thermal and electronic properties of the final anchored materials led to the evaluation of the distribution of Ti-POSS moieties on the silica surface, of the oxidation state and of the coordination geometry of the titanium centres. It was discovered that Ti-POSS are accommodated mainly as dinuclear dimeric species on the external surface of ordered mesoporous silica or in the large mesopores of non-ordered silica supports. Epoxidation tests on unsaturated terpenes (limonene, carveol and α-pinene) with TBHP as oxidant were performed to monitor the activity and accessibility of Ti(IV) sites in the anchored samples and compared with conventional titanocene-grafted Ti/SBA-15 and Ti/SiO ₂ systems. The different chemoselectivity recorded over anchored catalysts, with respect to the grafted ones, can be a potential diagnostic tool to shed light on the mechanism or the molecular intermediates occurring at the surface during the oxidation reaction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	244-251
Number of pages	8
Journal	Inorganica Chimica Acta
Volume	380
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2011.11.051
Publication status	Published - 15 Jan 2012

Keywords

Epoxidation site
Heterogeneous catalysis
Mesoporous silica
Silsesquioxane
Ti-POSS
Titanium

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