Chemistry Letters, Vol.49, No.1, 71-74, 2020
A Reliable Method to Create Adjacent Acid-Base Pair Sites on Silica through Hydrolysis of Pre-anchored Amide
A method to create adjacent acid-base pair sites, which are carboxyl and amino groups, respectively, on silica through hydrolysis of pre-anchored amide is proposed. This method can produce an adjacent acid-base pair site. The catalyst showed excellent catalytic performance for aldol condensation of 4-nitrobenzaldehyde with acetone, overwhelming the catalyst having only amino group and an acid-base catalyst prepared in a conventional manner.