八羟基喹啉铁(Ⅱ)/MCM-41对苯酚羟化的催化作用

利用ＭＣＭ－４１中孔分子筛为载体，制备了负载型八羟基喹啉铁（Ⅱ）／ＭＣＭ－４１（简记为Ｆｅ（Ⅱ）－Ｑｘ／ＭＣＭ－４１）催化剂．ＸＲＤ，ＩＲ证明八羟基喹啉铁（Ⅱ）配合物成功地负载于ＭＣＭ－４１分子筛中．考察了八羟基喹啉铁（Ⅱ）／ＭＣＭ－４１对苯酚羟化反应的催化作用，和未负载的配合物相比，苯酚的转化率、对苯二酚的选择性以及Ｈ２Ｏ２的利用率都有显著的提高．同时也探讨了温度、反应介质及介质ｐＨ值对苯酚羟化反应的影响．结果表明，随着温度的提高，苯酚的转化率增加，但温度太高，易导致副产物增多；有机溶剂不利于羟化反应的进行，水是实验条件下苯酚羟化反应的最佳反应介质；在一定程度上，ｐＨ值越低，越有利于反应活性的提高，若ｐＨ值太低，活性反而下降，ｐＨ值升高不利于苯酚羟化反应的进行．该催化剂也具有较高的稳定性.

Modified mesoporous MCM-41 as hosts for photochromic spirobenzopyrans

The influence of the chemical composition and silylation of mesoporous MCM-41 materials on the photochromic behaviour of adsorbed spiropyran (BIPS) and 6-nitrospiropyran was studied. Upon incorporation, the spiropyrans underwent ring opening to form either zwitterionic merocyanine or its corresponding O-protonated form. In all silica MCM-41 or in the MCM-41 containing aluminium, the O-protonated merocyanine was predominantly formed. In the case of MCM-41 modified by silylation of the OH groups, a mixture of zwitterionic merocyanine and spiropyran was present. The photochromic response was studied by means of steady-state irradiation and by laser flash photolysis. Steady-state irradiation (λ > 450 nm) of the solid samples gives rise in all cases to an intensity decrease of the absorption bands corresponding to either the protonated or the unprotonated merocyanine form (reverse photochromism). In contrast, laser flash photolysis at 308 nm of spiropyrans supported on silylated MCM-41 allows observation of the photochemical ring opening of residual spiropyran to the corresponding zwitterionic form (normal photochromism).

A surface and catalytic study of heterogenised Os-3(CO)(12) species in MCM-41 structures

Immobilised Os species prepared via chemical vapour deposition (CVD) of Os-3(CO)(12) onto MCM-41 are active and selective catalysts for the dihydroxylation of trans-stilbene in acetone and water, using N-methylmorpholine N-oxide as the oxidant. A detailed temperature programmed decomposition study of the solids enables to identify the active sites as Os-x(CO)(y) surface species. The initial loading of the MCM-41 with the trinuclear precursor, as well as the temperature of the post-synthesis oxidising treatment, are found to have a significant impact on the structure/geometry of the resulting surface species, and thus their catalytic properties. We show how it is also affected by the confined environment of the MCM-41 mesopores and especially the curvature of the 30 Angstrom diameter channels. Finally, a careful study of the catalytic properties of the materials together with a study of the reactivity of the reaction products under similar conditions enable to suggest a mechanism involving the reaction of the oxidant with the osmium carbonyl surface species to form the catalytically active Os-oxo sites, and the formation of an osmoate-type species (through adsorption of the alkene onto the Os-oxo site) which subsequently reacts with the solvent to produce the diol. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.