Abstract
Ti sites grafted on MCM-41, pretreated at different temperatures, have been modified with chiral tartrates, leading to different species. Those solids are active catalyst for the epoxidation of styrene with tert-butyl hydroperoxide, although their efficiency is not optimal, mainly due to the subsequent epoxide rearrangement to phenyl acetaldehyde and further oxidation of it. Styrene oxide is obtained with moderate enantioselectivity, in the range of 55–62% e.e., and the best overall results correspond to the use of MCM-41 calcined at the lowest temperature (550°C). These results are much better with regard to styrene oxide selectivity than those obtained in homogeneous phase under the same conditions, whereas enantioselectivity is similar. The heterogeneous catalysts are recoverable, but only partially due to a loss in activity, although enantioselectivity is kept at similar levels, demonstrating the stability of the supported Ti-tartrate species.
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