Grafting of a tetrahydro-salen copper(II) complex on surface modified mesoporous materials and its catalytic behaviour

Ayyamperumal Sakthivel, Wei Sun, Gabriele Raudaschl-Sieber, Anthony S.T. Chiang, Marianne Hanzlik, Fritz E. Kühn

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Abstract

A tetrahydro-salen copper(II) complex (1) is grafted on the iodosilane modified surfaces of MCM-41 and MCM-48. The presence of complex 1 on the surfaces is evidenced by 1H MAS-NMR, elemental analysis and TG-MS. The strucutre of the supports after modification remains intact, which is evident from powder XRD, N2 adsorption/desorption (BET), and TEM analysis. The grafted materials are applicable as catalysts for cyclooctene epoxidation and they are found to maintain activity for several runs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)302-307
Number of pages6
JournalCatalysis Communications
Volume7
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2006

Keywords

  • Grafting
  • Mesoporous materials
  • Olefin epoxidation
  • Tetrahydro-salen Cu(II) complex

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