Abstract
Framework Lewis acidic tin sites in hydrophobic, pure-silica molecular sieves with the zeolite beta topology (Sn-Beta) have been reported previously to predominantly catalyze glucose−fructose isomerization via 1,2 intramolecular hydride shift in water and glucose–mannose epimerization via 1,2 intramolecular carbon shift in methanol. Here, we show that alkali-free Sn-Beta predominantly isomerizes glucose to fructose via 1,2 intramolecular hydride shift in both water and methanol. Increasing extents of postsynthetic Na+ exchange onto Sn-Beta, however, progressively shifts the reaction pathway toward glucose–mannose epimerization via 1,2 intramolecular carbon shift. Na+ remains exchanged onto silanol groups proximal to Sn centers during reaction in methanol solvent, leading to nearly exclusive selectivity toward epimerization. In contrast, decationation occurs with increasing reaction time in aqueous solvent and gradually shifts the reaction selectivity to isomerization at the expense of epimerization. Decat...
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