A Stable and Highly Active Hybrid Mesoporous Solid Acid Catalyst
A Stable and Highly Active Hybrid Mesoporous Solid Acid Catalyst
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DOI:
10.1002/adma.200500426
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发表时间:
2005-08
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29.4
通讯作者:
K. Nakajima;I. Tomita;M. Hara;S. Hayashi;K. Domen;J. Kondo
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作者:
K. Nakajima;I. Tomita;M. Hara;S. Hayashi;K. Domen;J. Kondo
The organic tailoring of internal surfaces of mesoporous silica [1ą10] has recently received much attention owing to a range of potential applications in catalysis,[11, 12] adsorption, and separation.[13] The covalent attachment of alkylsulfonic acid groups to silica surfaces by post-synthesis grafting or one-pot synthesis has been proposed for the fabrication of strong acid sites in mesoporous silica and periodic mesoporous organosilica (PMO).[14ą24] Sulfonic groups have to date been obtained via the oxidation of propanethiol groups,[15ą20, 24] which results in a loss of mesoscopic ordering and degradation of textural properties. In addition, incomplete oxidation of the thiol groups [19, 24] leads to serious leaching of the sulfur species during catalytic reactions. For the construction of new types of mesoporous solid acid catalysts, our group has developed a chemical modification technique that creates catalytically active sites on the surface of PMO material. The resultant homogeneous distribution of organic groups in the silicate matrix provides smooth accessibility to the incorporated organic groups at the surface, with scope for further modification. Here, ethenylene sites (ąCHCHą) on the surface of PMO are successfully converted to phenylene sulfonic acid groups (PhąSO3H) by a two-step chemical modification. The procedure involves the DielsąAlder reaction with benzocyclobutene [25] followed by sulfonation in concentrated H2SO4. This is the first example of the creation of catalytically active sites in PMO by chemical modification for the construction of a hybrid mesoporous solid acid catalyst. This methodology represents a significant breakthrough in the development of practical periodic mesoporous organosilica materials. A schematic illustration of the synthetic pathway to the hybrid mesoporous solid acid catalyst and the change in the structural properties of each hybrid material is shown in Figure 1. The starting material, the ethenylene-bridged organosilane compound (C2H5O) 3SiąCHCHąSi (OC2H5) 3, is hydrolyzed and condensed in acidic solution in the presence of a block copolymer surfactant to prepare the hybrid mesoporous ethenylene-silica (HME). The resulting material exhibits a hexagonally ordered mesoporous structure with p6mm symmetry, and the bridged ethenylene groups are homogeneously incorporated into the framework without SiąC bond cleavage. The pendant phenylene groups are introduced at the ethenylene sites on the surface by the DielsąAlder reaction with benzocyclobutene. The incorporated phenylene is anchored to the framework by two alkyl chains at the 1, 2-substitution (Fig. 1C). Although the surface area decreases slightly from 652 to 506 m2 gą1 during this procedure, the original hexagonal mesoporous structure is completely preserved. The change in mesopore diameter from 6.8 to 6.0 nm while maintaining the original narrow pore size distribution is indicative of the homogeneous modification of ethenylene sites on the surface. The sulfonation of pendant phenylene groups can then be readily achieved by simple treatment in concentrated H2SO4. The original organicąinorganic network and mesoporous structure is retained, and the resulting material exhibits a uniform pore size of 6.0 nm, a relatively high surface area of 565 m2 gą1, and a mesopore volume of 0.78 mL gą1. Therefore, it is reasonable to suppose that the evolution of phenylenesulfonic acid groups (PhąSO3H) at ethenylene sites is achieved without degradation of the original mesoporosity and mesoscopic ordering (see Supporting Information). The change in organic groups in the framework was confirmed by NMR analysis. 13C cross …