1 Université de Poitiers, Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Poitiers, LACCO UMR 6503 CNRS-Université de Poitiers, 40 avenue du recteur pineau, 86022, Poitiers, France.
Thanks to strong hydrophilic interactions between reaction products and the catalyst surface, mesoporous silica supported sulfonic sites were found to be much more selective than homogeneous and common solid acid catalysts.