Chemistry Letters, Vol.35, No.4, 436-437, 2006
New peroxo-polyoxometalates pillared hydrotalcite catalyst for propylene epoxidation by molecular oxygen in methanol
Peroxo-polyoxometalates pillared hydrotalcite has been synthesized by decomposing [PW11O39](7-) pillared MgPdAl-type hydrotalcite with 30% H2O2; the novel heterogeneous catalyst showed 91.5% selectivity for propylene oxide at 47.5% propylene conversion for propylene epoxidation by O-2 in methanol at 353 K for 10 h.