Synthesis of ordered mesoporous carbon monoliths with bicontinuous cubic pore structure of Ia3d symmetry

Large-diameter-sized mesoporous carbon monoliths with bicontinuous cubic structure of Ia3d symmetry have been synthesized by using mesoporous silica monoliths as hard templates; such carbon monoliths show potential application of advanced electrodes and electrochemical double layer capacitors.     

Asymmetric reduction of aminoketones with borane and chiral oxazaborolidine catalyst

A group of α‐ and β‐N, N‐dialkyl amino ketones were reduced enantioselectively by 2 moles of borane‐tetrahydrofuran in the presence of 10 mol% of the in‐situ formed chiral oxazaborolidine, followed by diluted hydrochloric acid. The resulting amino alcohol‐borane complexes were treated with hydrogen chloride‐glycol‐methanol to give the optically active amino alcohol with the ee up to 99%.     

Practical enantioselective reduction of ketones using oxazaborolidine catalyst generated in situ from chiral lactam alcohol and borane

Reduction intermediate prepared in situ from chiral lactam alcohol 3 and borane at room temperature was found to catalyze the borane reduction of various prochiral ketones with high enantioselectivity up to 98% ee.     

A facile aqueous route to synthesize highly ordered mesoporous polymers and carbon frameworks with Ia3d bicontinuous cubic structure

By employing an organic-organic self-assembly in a dilute aqueous solution, novel ordered bicontinuous cubic mesoporous polymers and carbons with Iad symmetry are directly synthesized.     

Use of a chiral surfactant for enantioselective reduction of a ketone

The influence of a chiral surfactant and a polymer-supported chiral additive on reduction of ketones using sodium borohydride will be described. Initial preparations involved methylation of (S)-leucinol to give (2S)-N , N-dimethyl-2-amino-4-methyl-1-pentanol (1) (67%). The chiral surfactant (2) was synthesized by reacting (1) with bromohexadecane (71%). The functionalized styrene for the polymer-supported chiral additive (5) was synthesized by reacting (1) with 4-vinylbenzyl chloride. Polymerization was carried out with 10% of the functionalized monomer (4), 5% cross-linking agent divinylbenzene, and 85% styrene with AIBN as the initiator. The activity of the chiral surfactant and polymeric additive were examined by using them as additives in a standard reduction of 2-pentanone with sodium borohydride to yield (R)- and (S)-2-pentanol (3) (20%). The resulting alcohol was analyzed by polarimetry (ee 9.5%) and also esterified with (2S)-methylbutyric acid prior to characterization by NMR. 13C NMR indicated an enantiomeric excess of 5.2% when the chiral surfactant was used, and 7% when the polymeric additive was used.     

Chiral ligand derived from (1S,2R)-norephedrine as a catalyst for enantioselective prochiral ketone reduction

Chiral oxazaborolidines derived from (1S,2R)-(+)-norephedrine and substituted salicylaldehydes were employed in the asymmetric reduction of prochiral ketones using borane dimethyl sulfide as a reducing agent. The secondary alcohols were formed in excellent yields (45–99.8%) with enantioselectivities up to 99.8%. The effect of the substitution in the aromatic ring of the ligand was discussed with the enantioselectivity of the product.     

Templating mesoporous silica with chiral block copolymers and its application for enantioselective separation

In this paper we describe the synthesis of chiral mesoporous silica based on chiral block copolymers of poly(ethylene oxide) and of d-phenylalanine (PEO-b-D-Phe) as a surfactant template. The resulting porous structures are characterized by nitrogen sorption experiments, transmission electron microscopy, and small-angle XRD. It is shown that chiral block copolymers of PEO-b-D-Phe are effective as a surfactant template for the preparation of silica materials with highly ordered periodic mesoporous structures of hexagonal symmetry with a pore size of ca. 5 nm and high surface areas of ca. 700 m2/g. The enantioselectivity feature of this porous silica, after the extraction of the chiral copolymers, was examined by selective adsorption of enantiomers and racemic solutions of valine. The selective adsorption was measured by circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. A chiral selectivity factor of 2.34 was found with the D enantiomer of valine adsorbed preferably.     

乙烯基Ia3d介孔硅分子筛的环氧化及其固定化青霉素酰化酶(英文)

采用直接共聚法合成表面含有乙烯基的具有立方相Ia3d结构的介孔硅分子筛(V-ClMS),然后对乙烯基团进行环氧化制备得到表面环氧基功能化的介孔硅分子筛(E-CIMS),采用X射线衍射、N2吸附-脱附、透射电镜、热重分析和13C固体核磁共振对制备的介孔硅分子筛进行了表征.结果表明,表面含有乙烯基的V-ClMS介孔硅分子筛能被一步成功合成,并易于发生环氧化而获得表面环氧基功能化的E-CIMS介孔硅分子筛.将E-CIMS介孔硅分子筛作为载体用于固定化青霉素G酰化酶(PGA),研究了表面环氧基团对固定化PGA初活性和操作稳定性的影响.结果表明,随着表面环氧基团数量的增加,介孔硅分子筛孔径减小,表面疏水性增加,导致载酶量和初活性减小.但介孔硅分子筛表面适量的环氧基团能增强E-CIMS介孔硅分子筛与PGA之间的相互作用,从而提高固定化PGA的操作稳定性.     

Preparation of amino-functionalized mesoporous silica thin films with highly ordered large pore structures

Highly ordered amino-functionalized mesoporous silica thin films have been directly synthesized by co-condensation of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) in the presence of triblock copolymer Pluronic P123 surfactant species under acidic conditions by sol-gel dip-coating. The effect of the sol aging on thin films organization is systematically studied, and the optimal sol aging time is obtained. The amino-functionalized mesoporous silica thin films exhibit a long-range ordering of 2D hexagonal (p6mm) mesostructure with a large pore size of 8.3 nm, a large Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) specific surface area of 680 m² g⁻¹ and a large pore volume of 1.06 cm³ g⁻¹ following surfactant extraction as demonstrated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Transmission electron microscope (TEM), and physical adsorption techniques. Based on BET surface area and weight loss, the surface coverage of amino-groups for the amino-functionalized mesoporous silica thin films is calculated to be 3.2 amino-groups per nm². Moreover, the functionalized thin films display improved properties for immobilization of cytochrome c in comparison with pure-silica mesoporous thin films.     

Pseudomorphic transformation of highly ordered mesoporous Co3O4 to CoO via reduction with glycerol

In this report, we describe the exploration of possibilities for a pseudomorphic reduction of ordered mesoporous metal oxides by high temperature treatment with glycerol, which was most thoroughly studied as an example of the reaction of Co3O4 to CoO. It was found that the glycerol process is a gentle reduction procedure, which maintains the framework topology on the mesoscale while changing the oxidation state and the structure at the atomic scale.     

Electrospinning-based synthesis of highly ordered mesoporous silica fiber for lab-in-syringe enrichment of plasma peptides

Silica fiber with highly ordered mesoporous structure and continuously long fibrous property was synthesized on a large-scale for the first time. It can be applied to the rapid (less than 3 min) and effective enrichment of endogenous peptides with a novel lab-in-syringe approach.     

Rational electronic tuning of CBS catalyst for highly enantioselective borane reduction of trifluoroacetophenone

α,α,α-Trifluoroacetophenone (2), which is susceptible to noncatalytic reduction by BH(3), could be reduced to chiral alcohol up to 90% ee by using electronically tuned-CBS catalyst (1) with BH(3). The enantioselectivities highly correlated with the differential orbital energies between 1-BH(3) adduct and 2, which were calculated by DFT method.     

PMO[KIT-5]-n: synthesis of highly ordered three-dimensional periodic mesoporous organosilicas with Fm3m symmetry

Divalent surfactant [CH3(CH2)15N(CH3)2(CH2)3N(CH3)3]2+ - 2Br- (C16-3-1) was used as a structure directing agent (SDA) for the synthesis of highly ordered periodic mesoporous organosilicas (PMOs) with cubic Fm3m symmetry from 1,2-bis(triethoxylsilyl)ethane (BTEE) under basic conditions.     

Synthesis of highly loaded Cu/Ce mesoporous silica. Active catalyst for the simultaneous reduction of SO2 and NO with CO

We report the synthesis of a thermally stable, highly loaded (15 wt.%) Cu/Ce bimetallic mesoporous silica with high surface area and metal dispersion, which was the first template assisted mesoporous network successfully tested for the simultaneous reduction of SO2 and NO with CO, achieving complete conversion of the reactants to elemental sulfur and N2 at high space velocity 32,000 h(-1).     

The highly enantioselective Diels-Alder reaction of 1,2-dihydropyridine using chiral cationic palladium-phosphinooxazolidine catalyst for the synthesis of chiral isoquinuclidines

The enantioselective Diels-Alder reactions of 1-phenoxycarbonyl-1,2-dihydropyridine with 1-alkylated acryloyl-pyrazolidin-3-ones using chiral cationic palladium-phosphinooxazolidine (Pd-POZ) catalyst afforded chiral isoquinuclidines with excellent enantioselectivity (up to 97% ee).     

Highly ordered aluminium-planted mesoporous silica as active catalyst for Biginelli reaction and formyl C-H insertion reaction with diazoester

Al-planted MCM-41s (Al-M41s) with regular mesoporous structure and Si/Al ratio of 23-32 were successfully prepared by the template-ion exchange method in which the template/Si molar ratio and Si/Al ratio were adjusted at 1.44 and 5-15, and showed much higher catalytic activity for the titled reactions than the other types of Al-M41s prepared by post-synthesis or sol-gel methods.