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Gas-phase radical generation by Ti oxide clusters supported on silica: application to the direct epoxidation of propylene to propylene oxide using molecular oxygen as an oxidant

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A new catalytic system consisting of titanium oxide clusters supported on silica was found for radical production at relatively low temperature (~573 K). The clusters give rise to selective oxidation products, such as propylene oxide, through gas-phase chain reactions.

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  1. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), AIST-west, 16-1, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8569, Japan

    Naoki Mimura, Susumu Tsubota, Kazuhisa Murata, Kyoko K. Bando, Juan J. Bravo-Suárez & S. Ted Oyama

  2. Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1, Minami-Osawa, Hachiouji, Tokyo, 192-0397, Japan

    Masatake Haruta

  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA

    S. Ted Oyama

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Mimura, N., Tsubota, S., Murata, K. et al. Gas-phase radical generation by Ti oxide clusters supported on silica: application to the direct epoxidation of propylene to propylene oxide using molecular oxygen as an oxidant. Catal Lett 110, 47–51 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-006-0098-7

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