Selective epoxidation of α-isophorone with mesoporous titania–silica aerogels and tert-butyl hydroperoxide

R Hutter, T Mallat, A Baiker

Index: Hutter, R.; Mallat, T.; Baiker, A. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1995 , # 24 p. 2487 - 2488

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Abstract

Epoxidation is of great importance in organic synthesis due to the usefulness of oxiranes as intermediates. Substantial effort has been expended to substitute stochiometric or homogeneous transition-metal catalysed epoxidations by solid catalysed processes.1 The first really efficient heterogeneous catalyst TiOz-on-Si02, utilised for industrial propene oxide production,2 was prepared by anchoring a titanium compound onto the surface of silica support. A titanium- ...