Development of highly active heterogeneous catalysts is an effective strategy for modern organic synthesis chemistry. In this work, acidic mesoporous zeolite ZSM-5 (HZSM-5-M), acidic-free mesoporous zeolite TS-1 (TS-1-M), and basic ETS-10 zeolite supported metal Cu catalysts were prepared to investigate their catalytic performances in the hydroxysulfurization of styrenes with diaryl disulfides. The effect of pore size and acidities of the supports, as well as the Cu species electronic properties of the catalysts on reaction activity were investigated. The results show that Cu+ and Cu2+ binded on HZSM-5-M show the highest activity and product selectivity for the desired β-hydroxysulfides compounds.
Developing highly efficient heterogeneous catalysts for organic synthesis is of great importance in modern synthetic chemistry. In this work, Co (or Ni)-containing mesoporous zeolite ETS-10 (Co-METS-10 and Ni-METS-10) with both metal and strong basic sites were synthesized and applied for the direct oxidative coupling of alkenes with benzaldehydes to synthesize a,b-epoxy ketones. Co (or Ni)-METS-10 catalysts show high activity and product selectivity, as compared to metal-free mesoporous zeolite ETS-10 (METS-10). This feature is attributed to the fact that the highly dispersed Co (or Ni) species could facilitate the tert-butyl hydroperoxide transformation into more alkyloxy and alkylperoxy radicals, which triggers the alkenes undergoing radical addition with aldehyde and alkylperoxy to form b-peroxy ketones. Meanwhile, the basic sites on Co (or Ni)-METS-10 catalysts benefit the formation of a,b-epoxy ketone from b-peroxy ketone.
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