Abstract
Titanium mordenites (Ti-M) with different titanium and aluminum content have been prepared by the solid-gas reaction at elevated temperatures (atom-planting method) between highly dealuminated mordenites and TiCl4 vapor. Ti-M samples were characterized with MAS NMR, IR and UV spectroscopies, which indicates that Ti atoms have been incorporated tetrahedrally into the mordenite framework through the reaction of TiCl4 with hydroxyl nests composed of SiOH groups. The catalytic properties of Ti-M for the liquid phase hydroxylation of various aromatic substrates having different molecular sizes with H2O2 were studied by comparing with those of MFI-type titanosilicate (TS-1). Ti-M showed comparable specific activity to that of TS-1 for the hydroxylation of smaller substrates which can diffuse easily into the pores of both catalysts. However, Ti-M was more active than TS-1 in the hydroxylation of bulkier aromatics, because Ti-M has larger window size of pore than TS-1.
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