Boehmite nanoparticles with a high surface area and a high degree of surface hydroxyl groups were covalently functionalized by 3‐(trimethoxysilyl)‐propylamine to support vanadium‐oxo‐sulfate and molybdenum hexac...Boehmite nanoparticles with a high surface area and a high degree of surface hydroxyl groups were covalently functionalized by 3‐(trimethoxysilyl)‐propylamine to support vanadium‐oxo‐sulfate and molybdenum hexacarbonyl complexes. These supported catalysts were then characterized by Fou‐rier‐transform infrared spectroscopy, powder X‐ray diffraction, thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis, X‐ray‐photoelectron spectroscopy, elemental analysis, inductively coupled plasma, and transmission electron microscopy techniques. The catalysts were subsequently used for the epoxidation of cis‐cyclooctene, and the experimental procedures were optimized. The progress of the reactions was investigated by gas‐liquid chromatography. Recycling experiments revealed that these nanocatalysts could be repeatedly used several times for a nearly complete epoxidation of cis‐cyclooctene. The optimized experimental conditions were also used successfully for the epoxida‐tion of some other substituted alkenes.展开更多
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文摘Boehmite nanoparticles with a high surface area and a high degree of surface hydroxyl groups were covalently functionalized by 3‐(trimethoxysilyl)‐propylamine to support vanadium‐oxo‐sulfate and molybdenum hexacarbonyl complexes. These supported catalysts were then characterized by Fou‐rier‐transform infrared spectroscopy, powder X‐ray diffraction, thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis, X‐ray‐photoelectron spectroscopy, elemental analysis, inductively coupled plasma, and transmission electron microscopy techniques. The catalysts were subsequently used for the epoxidation of cis‐cyclooctene, and the experimental procedures were optimized. The progress of the reactions was investigated by gas‐liquid chromatography. Recycling experiments revealed that these nanocatalysts could be repeatedly used several times for a nearly complete epoxidation of cis‐cyclooctene. The optimized experimental conditions were also used successfully for the epoxida‐tion of some other substituted alkenes.