Exfoliated Nanosheets as a New Strong Solid Acid Catalyst
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Abstract
Two-dimensional metal oxide sheets in HTiNbO(5) and HSr(2)Nb(3)O(10), cation-exchangeable layered metal oxides, were examined as solid acid catalysts. Exfoliation of HTiNbO(5) and HSr(2)Nb(3)O(10) in aqueous solutions formed colloidal single-crystal TiNbO(5)(-) and Sr(2)Nb(3)O(10)(-) nanosheets, which precipitated under an acidic condition to form aggregates of HTiNbO(5) nanosheets and HSr(2)Nb(3)O(10) nanosheets. Although esterification of acetic acid, cracking of cumene, and dehydration of 2-propanol were not catalyzed by original HTiNbO(5) because of the narrow interlayer distance, which prevents the insertion of organic molecules, HTiNbO(5) nanosheets functioned as a strong solid acid catalyst for the reactions. Nanosheets of HSr(2)Nb(3)O(10) exhibited no or slight catalytic activity for these reactions. NH(3) temperature-programmed desorption and (1)H magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy revealed that HTiNbO(5) nanosheets have strong Brønsted acid sites, whereas HSr(2)Nb(3)O(10) nanosheets do not.
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