title: Antimony oxide hydroxide ethanedisulfonate: a cationic layered metal oxide for Lewis acid applications.
abstract: We have discovered a rare example of a cationically charged inorganic material. The layered structure is an example outside the extensively studied isostructural set of anionic clays/layered double hydroxides and our previously reported lead fluoride nitrate. For the present compound, the antimony oxide hydroxide layers are positively charged and are templated by anionic alkylenedisulfonate. The organic molecules are only bonded electrostatically to the layers with sulfonate oxygen to antimony distances beyond the covalent range. The material catalyzes a ketal formation reaction as a Lewis acid without the need for drying the solvent before the reaction or a nonaqueous medium such as toluene. The catalyst is heterogeneous and is completely recovered after the catalysis for reapplication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA.
authors.forename: Claudia H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.forename: Harris A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Shaikh
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Rogow
authors.forename: Allen G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.forename: Charles F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Campana
authors.forename: Scott R J
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Oliver