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Imine Metathesis by Silica-Supported Catalysts Using the Methodology of Surface Organometallic Chemistry
Published on: October 18, 2019
Shape and Stability Matter: Enhanced Catalytic Reactions via Sol-gel-Entrapped Catalysts
Rosaria Ciriminna1, Mario Pagliaro2
1Istituto Per Lo Studio Dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, CNR, Via U. La Malfa 153, 90146, Palermo, Italy. rosaria.ciriminna@cnr.it.
Abstract:
The possibility to tune the solid catalyst morphology and the unique chemical and physical stability of organosilica-entrapped sol-gel catalysts allow the application of these catalysts to the synthesis of a wide variety of valued molecules, including polymers, manufactured by the fine-chemical industry. Referring to selected independent research achievements, we provide a practice oriented insight on these materials that will hopefully be useful in new, unified catalysis education aimed to foster the uptake of heterogeneous catalysis in the fine and specialty chemical industry.
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