title: Efficient Mukaiyama aldol reaction in water with TiO4 tetrahedra on a hydrophobic mesoporous silica surface.
abstract: A new heterogeneous catalyst, hydrophobic TiO4-deposited mesoporous silica, has been designed for the efficient Mukaiyama-aldol condensation, a water-participating Lewis acid-catalyzed reaction between a hydrophobic carbonyl compound and silyl enol ether. The prepared catalyst suspended in water exhibited high catalytic performance as a reusable catalyst for the reaction without a surfactant.
authors.affiliation: Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-R3-33 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan. mhara@msl.titech.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shintaku
authors.forename: Kiyotaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitano
authors.forename: Michikazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hara