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Chapter 1<br />

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Defect free siliceous mesoporous molecular sieve with compositi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

SiO2 are electrically neutral <strong>and</strong> this leads to a lack <strong>of</strong> str<strong>on</strong>g <strong>in</strong>tr<strong>in</strong>sic surface<br />

acidity. Numerous attempts were made to <strong>in</strong>corporate transiti<strong>on</strong> metal atoms<br />

as well as ma<strong>in</strong> group elements <strong>in</strong>to mesoporous <strong>silica</strong>. Substituti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

trivalent cati<strong>on</strong>s such as B +3, Ga +3, Al +3 <strong>and</strong> Fe +3 90-96 for <strong>silica</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> wall <strong>of</strong><br />

mesoporous <strong>silica</strong>, results a negative frame work charge, which can be<br />

compensated by prot<strong>on</strong>s provid<strong>in</strong>g catalytically active acid sites. The number<br />

<strong>of</strong> acid sites <strong>and</strong> strength is related to <strong>the</strong> amount <strong>and</strong> nature <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>in</strong>corporated metal. These materials are <strong>use</strong>d <strong>in</strong> acid catalyzed reacti<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> ma<strong>in</strong> applicati<strong>on</strong>s are <strong>in</strong> petroleum ref<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g process. 97-98 The Ti, V <strong>and</strong> Cr<br />

c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g MCM-48 molecular sieves are active catalysts for oxidative double<br />

b<strong>on</strong>d cleavage <strong>of</strong> methyl methacrylate pyruvate <strong>and</strong> benzaldehyde as <strong>the</strong><br />

dom<strong>in</strong>ant respective products. 99-101 Zr MCM-41 has been found to be active<br />

towards <strong>the</strong> dehydrati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> isopropyl alcohol. 102 A few reports describe <strong>the</strong><br />

syn<strong>the</strong>sis <strong>and</strong> characterizati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> mesoporous <strong>silica</strong> <strong>modified</strong> by metals like<br />

Mn 103 or Mo 104, which have been found to be catalytically active <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

hydroxylati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> phenol, 1-naphthol <strong>and</strong> oxidati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> anil<strong>in</strong>e with aqueous<br />

H2O2.<br />

Besides variable pore diameters <strong>and</strong> large surface areas, mesoporous<br />

materials c<strong>on</strong>ta<strong>in</strong> different types <strong>of</strong> silanol groups, i.e., external surface,<br />

<strong>in</strong>ternal surface <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>terstitial silanol groups. The <strong>in</strong>terstitial silanol groups<br />

are not accessible <strong>in</strong> chemistry, but <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r two groups can be<br />

functi<strong>on</strong>alized by <strong>in</strong>troduc<strong>in</strong>g functi<strong>on</strong>al organic groups. The silanol groups<br />

present at <strong>the</strong> surface <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> walls are suitable for chemical b<strong>on</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> organic<br />

lig<strong>and</strong>s or anchor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>organic species. 105-106 For example Ti, V, Zr or Mo<br />

grafted MCM-48 were <strong>use</strong>d as a catalyst for <strong>the</strong> oxidati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> bulky 2,6-di-<br />

tertbutyl phenol (2,6-DTBP) us<strong>in</strong>g hydrogen per<strong>oxide</strong>. 107 Mesoporous<br />

materials anchored with AlCl3, SnCl2, Zn(O2CMe) 2 or Mn(O2CMe) 2 have high<br />

stability <strong>and</strong> catalytic activity al<strong>on</strong>g with i<strong>on</strong>-exchange capacity. 108

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