“…Sulfated metal oxides (SMOs) have received significant attention in the past as environmentally friendly alternatives for superacid catalyzed reactions, such as the skeletal isomerization of alkanes [114] and the production of biodiesel [115]. To this end, a variety of oxides have been sulfated, such as zirconia (ZrS, H 0 = -16), alumina (AlS, H 0 = -14.6), stannia (SnS, H 0 = -18), hematite (FeS, H 0 = -13), and titania (TiS, H 0 = -14.6), [116] typically by exposure to a sulfation reagent, the most common of which is sulfuric acid, and subsequent calcination.…”