Metallasilsequioxane complexes can serve as an excellent model systems to provide insight into the interactions occurring at the metal-modified surface of silica-supported heterogeneous catalyst, as well as, provide an source of novel catalyst themselves.  Drawing inspiration from related work on the zeolite Sn-Beta, we demonstrate the preparation and characterization of molecular single-site Sn catalyst constructed using modified polyhedral oligosilsesquioxane (POSS) ligands.  These compounds were found to be active for the catalytic conversion of glucose to HMF in DMSO, but without the addition of acid required for similar conversions with Sn-Beta.

Development of single site tin POSS nanostructure derivatives for catalytic biomass conversion

247th National Meeting (2014)

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