An efficient catalytic route for the preparation of silyl ethers by supported heteropolyoxometalates on alumina

VILLABRILLE PAULA; ROMANELLI GUSTAVO ; QUARANTA NANCY ; VAZQUEZ PATRICIA

APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

Año: 2010 vol. 96 p. 379 - 386

0926-3373

In the present work the phenol trimethylsilylation with hexamethyldisilazane using molybdophospho- vanadates supported on commercial alumina cylinders as catalysts was studied. These catalysts were prepared by incipient wetness impregnation also including Fe and Cu as cations, which can be present as bulk heteropolyacids or in the previously impregnated support. These solids were characterized by several techniques such as diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy, optical and scanning electron microscopies, and X-ray diffraction, among others. The catalytic test was performed under different reaction conditions in order to know the performance of the synthesized catalysts. The method shows high conversion of phenol under heterogeneous condi- tions. Phenol trimethylsilyl ether formation was obtained using hexamethyldisilazane as acylating agent and toluene as reaction solvent, with different reuses. In addition, they are environmentally friendly materials. The H 2 PMo 11 VCuO 40 supported on alumina showed higher activity in the tested reaction. Finally, various alcohols and phenols were silylated to trimethylsilyl ethers, under mild conditions, and excellent yields were obtained.