Abstract
The solid catalyst with high catalytic activity and enantioselectivity in the hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of epoxides was prepared by confining Co(Salen) in the nanocage of SBA-16 through reducing the pore entrance size using a silylation method. It was found that the activity of the solid catalysts increased with the number of [Co(Salen)] molecules per nanocage increasing, and the solid catalyst with more than two chiral [Co(Salen)] molecules in one nanocage of SBA-16 exhibits much higher activity and enantioselectivity than the homogeneous [Co(Salen)] catalyst in the HKR of epoxides at low substrate/catalyst ratio. The significantly improved activity of the solid catalyst is due to a high local concentration of [Co(Salen)] in nanospace because of the enhanced cooperative activation effect of [Co(Salen)] molecules.
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