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6.3 Results<br />

Figure 6‐2: Structure of STA‐12(Co) as obtained from Rietveld refinement.<br />

6.3.2 STA-12(Co) as heterogeneous epoxidation catalyst in DMF<br />

The Co‐based metal‐organic framework was used as an epoxidation catalyst in DMF with molecular<br />

oxygen as the oxidant. In a first set of experiments, the epoxidation of styrene was investigated<br />

giving styrene oxide, benzaldehyde and benzoic acid as the major products detectable by GC<br />

accounting for roughly 60 % of the mass balance. The rate of product formation increased steadily in<br />

the beginning of the reaction comprising a noticeable induction phase of ca. 30 min (Figure 6‐3). The<br />

reaction was complete after 5 h and exhibited only a very low selectivity of 21 % to styrene oxide.<br />

Roughly twice the amount of N‐formyl‐N‐methylformamide (FMF) was formed during the reaction<br />

with respect to converted styrene. The incomplete mass balance obtained from GC analysis<br />

throughout the reaction might be accounted for by styrene oligomerization. Thus, (E)‐stilbene was<br />

used being less prone to oligomerization for further studies. (E)‐stilbene was readily converted to<br />

trans‐stilbene oxide (Figure6‐4) the mass balance from GC analysis being close to 100 %. Almost full<br />

conversion was obtained after 12 h and an FMF amount of about 1.6 times the converted stilbene<br />

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