Abstract. We investigated the influence of solvent on the activity, epoxide selectivity, and H2O2 efficiency of three types of zeolites—TS-1, Ti-Beta, and Ti-MWW—in the liquid-phase epoxidation of 1-hexene and cyclohexene. We found that the effect of solvent not only was related to the hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity of titanosilicates, but also was highly dependent on substrates. Acetonitri…
Sulfonic acid group (SO3H)-bearing amorphous carbon/mesoporous silica composites were studied for use as solid acid catalysts. Sugar-derived amorphous carbon with SO3H cannot catalyze hydrophobic acid-catalyzed reactions, such as the dimerization of R-methylstyrene, because of the small surface area. However, SO3H-bearing sugar-derived amorphous carbon supported on mesoporous silica exhibits…