Microporous Silicon Nitride-Based Solid Bases

Autor: John S. Bradley, Riccardo Rovai, Frédéric Lefebvre, Oliver Vollmer
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: MRS Proceedings. 549
ISSN: 1946-4274
0272-9172
DOI: 10.1557/proc-549-33
Popis: High surface area, microporous, amorphous silicon imidonitride, characterized by infrared spectroscopy, MAS 29Si NMR and surface area and porosity measurements has been prepared by the treatment of co-oligomers of methylsilazane and dimethyl silazanes with gaseous ammonia at temperatures up to 700°C. The material has a narrow pore-size distribution showing a maximum in the range associated with wide- pore zeolites (ca. 0.72 nm mean). Variation of the organic content of the silazane is a means of controlling the surface area of the resulting solid. The Knoevenagel condensation reaction of benzaldehyde with a series of active methylene compounds has been used to probe the basicity and size-selectivity of these microporous solid base catalysts.
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