Ti coordination in titanium silicalite-1.
Progressive isomorphous incorporation of TiIV (or BIII) heteroatoms into the MFI structure of as-synthesized silicalite-1 caused a decrease in the amount of siloxy groups (anions), requisite for counter-balancing the structural directing agent (cation), as determined using 1H MAS NMR to quantify the silanol protons H-bonded to the siloxy oxygen. This revealed the negative charge on the incorporated heteroatoms, identifying them as TiO5 (or BO4) sites.
Parker
Wallace O
WO
Physical Chemistry Department, EniTecnologie S.p.A., via Maritano 26, 20097 San Donato Milanese, Italy.
Millini
Roberto
R