Search results for "Catalysis"

Nanostructured rutile TiO2 for selective photocatalytic oxidation of aromatic alcohols to aldehydes in water

2008

WOS: 000253100100022

Kinetics of 4-Methoxybenzyl Alcohol Oxidation in Aqueous Solution in a Fixed Bed Photocatalytic Reactor

2010

WOS: 000280384800004

Photocatalytic oxidation of trans-ferulic acid to vanillin on TiO2 and WO3-loaded TiO2 catalysts

2015

Abstract The photocatalytic oxidation of trans-ferulic acid to vanillin in water has been studied by using various TiO2 and WO3-loaded TiO2 samples as catalysts. Different values of selectivity were obtained depending on the physico-chemical properties of the single samples and a vanillin selectivity of 10% was reached in the presence of the commercial TiO2 Merck. Higher selectivity values were obtained by impregnation of TiO2 with H2WO4 followed by calcination. The increased production of vanillin exhibited by the obtained WO3-loaded TiO2 powders was attributed to a reduced further oxidation of the aldehyde caused by the presence of the practically inactive tungsten trioxide hydrate on the…

ChemInform Abstract: Epoxidation of Olefins with a Silica-Supported Peracid.

2012

Anhydrous [2-percarboxyethyl] functionalized silica (2a) is an advantageous oxidant for performing the epoxidation of olefins 1. Epoxides 3 do not undergo the ring-opening reactions catalyzed by the acidic silica surface, except for particularly activated cases such as styrene oxide. The hydrophilic and acidic character of the silica surface does not interfere with the directing effects exerted by allylic H-bond acceptor substituents. The alkenes 1 carrying hydroxyl groups react with silica-supported peracid 2a faster than unsubstituted alkenes, thus reversing the trend known for reactions with soluble peracids. These results are attributed to the H-bond interactions of substrate 1 with the…

Watching the photo-oxidation of a single aromatic hydrocarbon molecule

2001

International audience; The photooxidation of single dye molecules (see scheme) can be followed by confocal fluorescence microscopy. The self-sensitized reaction with singlet oxygen leads to a suite of products, which may be differentiated spectrally. Tentative structures for certain photoproducts have been obtained from quantum-chemical calculations.

A new experimental protocol for intrazeolite photooxidations. The first product-based estimate of an upper limit for the intrazeolite singlet oxygen …

2002

The intrazeolite photooxidations of several alkenes have been examined in hexane and in perfluorohexane slurries. The ability of perfluorohexane to increase the affinity of alkenes for the interior of the zeolite was documented. The nearly identical reaction rates in the two slurry solvents are attributed to a leveling of the singlet oxygen lifetime by the zeolite framework. A consideration of the rates of the various intrazeolite processes was used to estimate an upper limit for the intrazeolite lifetime of singlet oxygen.

Stereoselective Combinatorial Ugi-Multicomponent Synthesis on Solid Phase

2000

Solid Phases as Protective Environments for Biomimetic Catalysts

2014

Liquid-crystalline ordering as a concept in materials science: from semiconductors to stimuli-responsive devices.

2013

While the unique optical properties of liquid crystals (LCs) are already well exploited for flat-panel displays, their intrinsic ability to self-organize into ordered mesophases, which are intermediate states between crystal and liquid, gives rise to a broad variety of additional applications. The high degree of molecular order, the possibility for large scale orientation, and the structural motif of the aromatic subunits recommend liquid-crystalline materials as organic semiconductors, which are solvent-processable and can easily be deposited on a substrate. The anisotropy of liquid crystals can further cause a stimuli-responsive macroscopic shape change of cross-linked polymer networks, w…

Mesoporous Materials Incorporating Metal Triflates

2016

Metal triflates attracted a large interest as catalysts in the past three decades especially due to the Lewis acid properties exhibited by these compounds and the variety of the functional group transformations. This chapter proposes an overview presenting the catalytic performances of triflates both as molecular compounds and as triflates dispersed in different solid matrices. In the first part the performances of molecular triflates in organic reactions carried out in the presence of water or water as solvent considering both water-sensitive and -insensitive metals are discussed. Then, the importance of materials incorporating triflates is demonstrated for catalysts obtained via immobiliz…