Chemical Communications 2009-11-07

Solvent-washable polymer templated synthesis of mesoporous materials and solid-acid nanocatalysts in one-pot.

Richard E Mishler, Ankush V Biradar, Cole T Duncan, Eric A Schiff, Tewodros Asefa

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) (41) , 6201-3, (2009)

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Abstract

We report a new and simple one-pot synthetic method to produce mesoporous silica and nanoporous solid acid catalyst capable of catalyzing pinacole-pinacolone rearrangement and esterification reactions, by preparing a solvent washable phosphonated triblock copolymer template and self-assembling it in the presence of alkoxysilane.