Issue 32, 2013
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Investigating site-specific interactions and probing their role in modifying the acid-strength in framework architectures†‡

Matthew E. Potter,*a   Danni Sun,a   Enrica Gianotti,b   Maela Manzolic  and  Robert Raja*a  

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a School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UK
E-mail: R.Raja@soton.ac.uk
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b Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica, Centro Interdisciplinare Nano-SiSTeMI, Università del Piemonte Orientale, via T. Michel 11, Alessandria, Italy

c Diparmento di Chimica e NIS-Centro di Eccellenza, Universita’ di Torino, V. P. Giuria 7 – 10125, Torino, Italy

Abstract

The ability to adroitly tailor acid-strength using specifically-engineered bimetallic nanoporous materials has been investigated with a view to exploiting their potential in solid-acid catalysed transformations. Further, it has been demonstrated that through site-specific interactions, extra-framework zinc ions can suitably modify the acidity of Brønsted acid sites, to stimulate diverse catalytic responses, when combined with isomorphously-substituted framework metal cations within porous architectures, for the Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime and in the isopropylation of benzene.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CP51182K
Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Mar 2013
Accepted
23 May 2013
First published
23 May 2013

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013,15, 13288-13295

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Investigating site-specific interactions and probing their role in modifying the acid-strength in framework architectures

M. E. Potter, D. Sun, E. Gianotti, M. Manzoli and R. Raja, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15, 13288 DOI: 10.1039/C3CP51182K

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