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Pyrolysis of Mesoporous Silica-Immobilized 1,3-diphenylpropane. Impact of Pore Confinement and Size

Pyrolysis of Mesoporous Silica-Immobilized 1,3-diphenylpropane. Impact of Pore Confinement and Size

Michelle K Kidder, Phillip F Britt, Zongtao Zhang, Sheng Dai, Edward W Hagaman, Alan L Chaffee, A C Buchanan 3rd

J Am Chem Soc. 2005 May 4;127(17):6353-60.

PMID: 15853342

Abstract:

Mesoporous silicas such as SBA-15 and MCM-41 are being actively investigated for potential applications in catalysis, separations, and synthesis of nanostructured materials. A new method for functionalizing these mesoporous silicas with aromatic phenols is described. The resulting novel hybrid materials possess silyl aryl ether linkages to the silica surface that are thermally stable to ca. 550 degrees C, but can be easily cleaved at room temperature with aqueous base for quantitative recovery of the organic moieties. The materials have been characterized by nitrogen physisorption, FTIR, NMR, and quantitative analysis of surface coverages. The maximum densities of 1,3-diphenylpropane (DPP) molecules that could be grafted to the surface were less than those measured on a nonporous, fumed silica (Cabosil) and were also found to decrease as a function of decreasing pore size (5.6-1.7 nm). This is a consequence of steric congestion in the pores that is magnified at the smaller pore sizes, consistent with parallel studies conducted using a conventional silylating reagent, 1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisilazane. Pyrolysis of the silica-immobilized DPP revealed that pore confinement leads to enhanced rates and altered product selectivity for this free-radical reaction compared with the nonporous silica, and the rates and selectivities also depended on pore size. The influence of confinement is discussed in terms of enhanced encounter frequencies for bimolecular reaction steps and pore surface curvature that alters the accessibility and resultant selectivity for hydrogen transfer steps.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP15933592	1,1,3,3-Tetramethyldisilazane		15933-59-2	Price

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