Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (4): 532-539.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(14)60025-5

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Electrostatic immobilization of phosphomolybdic acid on imidazolium-based mesoporous organosilicas for catalytic olefin epoxidation

Jing Wanga,b, Yongcun Zouc, Yu Sunb, Maximilian Hemgesbergb, Dirk Schaffnerb, Hongcheng Gaoa, Xiaojing Songa, Wenxiang Zhanga, Mingjun Jiaa, Werner R. Thielb   

  1. a State Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, Jilin, China;
    b Faculty of Chemisity, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schroedinger-Str., Building 54, Kaiserslautern 67663, Germany;
    c State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, Jilin, China
  • Received:2013-11-14 Revised:2014-01-02 Online:2014-03-20 Published:2014-03-21
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    This work was supported by the China Scholarship Council and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21173100).

Abstract:

Polyoxometalate-based heterogeneous materials were prepared by the immobilization of 12-phosphomolybdic acid (PMA) on periodic mesoporous organosilicas containing embedded imidazolium cations (PMO-ILs). The resulting hybrid materials (PMA@PMO-ILs) were characterized by N2 adsorption-desorption, powder X-ray diffraction, atomic adsorption spectroscopy, thermogravimetric and differential thermal analyses, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, and solid-state cross-polarization magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance. PMA was electrostatically immobilized on the surface and in the channels of PMO-ILs. The PMO-IL support and PMA structures were retained during the preparation processes. The catalytic properties of the PMA@PMO-ILs were evaluated for the liquid-phase epoxidation of cyclooctene. PMA@PMO-ILs were catalytically active, with nearly 100% selectivity to cyclooctene epoxide using tert-butyl hydroperoxide as the oxidant. The catalysts could be reused four times without obvious loss of activity or selectivity under identical reaction conditions. Imidazolium cations in the PMO-IL framework improved the stability and recyclability of the PMA immobilized catalysts.

Key words: Polyoxometalate, Mesoporous organosilica, Imidazolium cation, Electrostatic interaction, Epoxidation, Heterogeneous catalysis