High activity magnetic core-mesoporous shell sulfonic acid silica nanoparticles for carboxylic acid esterification

Zhijun Tai, Mark A. Isaacs, Christopher M.A. Parlett, Adam F. Lee, Karen Wilson*

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Abstract

Magnetically-separable solid acid nanoparticle catalysts, comprising 80 nm Fe3O4 cores, a thin, dense silica inner shell and a mesoporous sulfonic acid silica outer shell, have been synthesized through a surfactant-templating and hydrothermal saline-promoted grafting protocol. These porous nanocomposites offer excellent activity towards propanoic acid esterification, in combination with facile recovery and re-use.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)56–60
Number of pages5
JournalCatalysis Communications
Volume92
Early online date5 Jan 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Mar 2017

Bibliographical note

© 2016, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Funding: EPSRC (EP/K014676/1); and the Royal Society (IF100206) Industry Fellowship.

Keywords

  • magnetic nanoparticles
  • core-shell
  • mesoporous
  • sulfonic silica
  • esterification

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