title: Design of a highly efficient and water-tolerant sulfonic acid nanoreactor based on tunable ordered porous silica for the von Pechmann reaction.
abstract: Among a number of different sulfonic acid nanoreactors prepared, 5 having both acidic sites and phenyl groups located inside the mesochannels of SBA-15 was shown to be the most active and reusable catalyst in the von Pechmann reaction. The mesochannels, and covalently anchored organic groups, provide a synergistic means of an efficient approach of the reactants to acidic sites, enough space for the subsequent cyclization, and suitable hydrophobicity to drive out the water byproduct.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, P.O. Box 45195-1159, Gava Zang, Zanjan, Iran. karimi@iasbs.ac.ir
authors.forename: Babak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karimi
authors.forename: Daryoush
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zareyee
mesh_terms: D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D016062:Porosity; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D013451:Sulfonic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D013451:Sulfonic Acids; D014867:Water; D012822:Silicon Dioxide