A hierarchically core/shell-structured titanosilicate with multiple mesopore systems for highly efficient epoxidation of alkenes.

A hierarchical titanosilicate, with epitaxially grown MFI nanosheets on microsized TS-1 crystals, has been prepared through a desilication-recrystallization method using a diammonium surfactant as the secondary structure-directing agent (SDA). This core/shell material features multiple mesoporosities, significantly improved epoxidation activity as well as easy separation in synthesis and catalytic reactions.

Construction of unique six-coordinated titanium species with an organic amine ligand in titanosilicate and their unprecedented high efficiency for alkene epoxidation.

A novel organic-inorganic layered titanosilicate consisting of Ti-containing MWW-type nanosheets and piperidine ligands was constructed. It exhibited an unprecedented high catalytic activity and recyclability in alkene epoxidation.

Efficient cycloaddition of epoxides and carbon dioxide over novel organic-inorganic hybrid zeolite catalysts.

Organic-inorganic hybrid zeolites with the MFI-type lamellar structure serve as efficient solid Lewis base catalysts for solvent-free synthesis of a variety of cyclic carbonates from corresponding epoxides and carbon dioxide. The ion-exchange with iodide, in particular, renders these materials an excellent catalytic activity and good recyclability.