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Rationalising the role of solid-acid sites in the design of versatile single-site heterogeneous catalysts for targeted acid-catalysed transformations

Rationalising the role of solid-acid sites in the design of versatile single-site heterogeneous catalysts for targeted acid-catalysed transformations
Rationalising the role of solid-acid sites in the design of versatile single-site heterogeneous catalysts for targeted acid-catalysed transformations
A versatile design strategy for rationalising the role of well-defined and isolated multifunctional solid-acid active centres, employing Mg(II)Si(IV)AlPO-5 nanoporous architectures has been demonstrated, with a view to affording structure–property correlations compared to its corresponding mono-substituted analogues (Mg(II)AlPO-5 and Si(IV)AlPO-5). The simultaneous incorporation of Mg(II) and Si(IV) ions, as isomorphous replacements for Al(III) and P(V) ions in the microporous architecture, plays an important role in modulating the nature and strength of the solid-acid active sites in the industrially-important, vapour-phase Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime to produce ?-caprolactam (the precursor for renewable nylon-6) and in the isopropylation of benzene to cumene. The structural integrity, coordination geometry and local environment of the active (Brønsted-acid) sites could be rationalised at the molecular level, using in situ spectroscopic techniques, for tailoring the catalytic synergy by adroit design of the framework architecture.
1478-6524
1810-1819
Gianotti, Enrica
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Manzoli, Maela
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Potter, Matthew
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Shetti, Vasudev N.
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Sun, Danni
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Paterson, James
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Mezza, Thomas M.
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Raja, Robert
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Gianotti, Enrica
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Manzoli, Maela
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Potter, Matthew
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Shetti, Vasudev N.
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Sun, Danni
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Paterson, James
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Mezza, Thomas M.
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Levy, Alan
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Raja, Robert
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Gianotti, Enrica, Manzoli, Maela, Potter, Matthew, Shetti, Vasudev N., Sun, Danni, Paterson, James, Mezza, Thomas M., Levy, Alan and Raja, Robert (2014) Rationalising the role of solid-acid sites in the design of versatile single-site heterogeneous catalysts for targeted acid-catalysed transformations. Chemical Science, 5 (5), 1810-1819. (doi:10.1039/C3SC53088D).

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A versatile design strategy for rationalising the role of well-defined and isolated multifunctional solid-acid active centres, employing Mg(II)Si(IV)AlPO-5 nanoporous architectures has been demonstrated, with a view to affording structure–property correlations compared to its corresponding mono-substituted analogues (Mg(II)AlPO-5 and Si(IV)AlPO-5). The simultaneous incorporation of Mg(II) and Si(IV) ions, as isomorphous replacements for Al(III) and P(V) ions in the microporous architecture, plays an important role in modulating the nature and strength of the solid-acid active sites in the industrially-important, vapour-phase Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime to produce ?-caprolactam (the precursor for renewable nylon-6) and in the isopropylation of benzene to cumene. The structural integrity, coordination geometry and local environment of the active (Brønsted-acid) sites could be rationalised at the molecular level, using in situ spectroscopic techniques, for tailoring the catalytic synergy by adroit design of the framework architecture.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 31 January 2014
Published date: 1 May 2014
Organisations: Chemistry

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Local EPrints ID: 367161
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/367161
ISSN: 1478-6524
PURE UUID: 99c22f25-741a-4acf-a024-ab0a21bf55cd
ORCID for Matthew Potter: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9849-3306
ORCID for Robert Raja: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4161-7053

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Date deposited: 23 Jul 2014 11:27
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:26

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Author: Enrica Gianotti
Author: Maela Manzoli
Author: Matthew Potter ORCID iD
Author: Vasudev N. Shetti
Author: Danni Sun
Author: James Paterson
Author: Thomas M. Mezza
Author: Alan Levy
Author: Robert Raja ORCID iD

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