Volume 2, Issue 10 p. 1231-1234
Communication

Bifunctional Mesoporous Materials with Coexisting Acidic and Basic Sites for CC Bond Formation in Co-operative Catalytic Reactions

Dr. Sankaranarayanapillai Shylesh,

Fachbereich Chemie, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Str, 67663 Kaiserslautern (Germany), Fax: (+49) 631-2054647

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Alex Wagener,

Fachbereich Chemie, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Str, 67663 Kaiserslautern (Germany), Fax: (+49) 631-2054647

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Dr. Andreas Seifert,

Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Straße der Nationen 62, 09111 Chemnitz (Germany)

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Prof. Stefan Ernst,

Fachbereich Chemie, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Str, 67663 Kaiserslautern (Germany), Fax: (+49) 631-2054647

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Prof. Werner R. Thiel,

Fachbereich Chemie, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Str, 67663 Kaiserslautern (Germany), Fax: (+49) 631-2054647

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First published: 21 July 2010
Citations: 17

Abstract

Graftwerk: Primary amines grafted onto mesoporous aluminosilicas act as efficient, recyclable bifunctional catalysts for the one-step co-operative catalytic Henry reaction of substituted benzaldehydes and nitromethane, irrespective of the nature of solvents used for the grafting process.