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A New Generation of Titanosilicate Catalyst: Preparation and Application to Liquid-Phase Epoxidation of Alkenes

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A novel titanosilicate with the MWW topology, Ti-MWW, has been prepared by direct hydrothermal synthesis using boric acid as a structure-supporting agent, and also by post-incorporation of tetrahedral Ti species into MWW silicalite through controlled structural conversions between three-dimensional crystalline silicalite and the lamellar precursor. Ti-MWW is further converted by delamination into a thin sheet material applicable to the reaction of bulky reactants. Both direct hydrothermal synthesis and postsynthesis methods make it possible to introduce a controllable amount of Ti species into the MWW structure. An acid treatment of uncalcined samples is essentially important for the removal of the extraframework octahedral Ti species located on the exterior layer surface. The catalytic properties of Ti-MWW have been compared with those of conventional titanosilicates (TS-1, TS-2, Ti-Beta, Ti-MOR, Ti-MCM-41, etc.) in the epoxidation of various alkenes with hydrogen peroxide. Hydrothermally synthesized Ti-MWW proves to be more effective in the epoxidation of linear alkenes including functionalized ones, and also exhibits considerable activity for cycloalkenes. Moreover, it shows a unique shape selectivity not shared with other titanosilicates in the epoxidation of cis/trans geometric alkene isomers. Postsynthesized Ti-MWW, nearly free of boron, catalyses the alkene epoxidation more effectively as a result of the tetrahedral Ti species different from those resulting from the direct synthesis, which turns out to be the most active epoxidation titanosilicate catalyst so far. Delaminated Ti-MWW, possessing an extremely open and accessible surface area but maintaining the basic structure of zeolite, catalyses the epoxidation of various cycloalkenes more actively than large pore titanosilicates including mesoporous Ti-MCM-41.

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Wu, P., Tatsumi, T. A New Generation of Titanosilicate Catalyst: Preparation and Application to Liquid-Phase Epoxidation of Alkenes. Catalysis Surveys from Asia 8, 137–148 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:CATS.0000027015.37277.fb

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