Core-shell structured mesoporous silica as acid-base bifunctional catalyst with designated diffusion path for cascade reaction sequences

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Nov 4;48(85):10541-3. doi: 10.1039/c2cc35718f.

Abstract

A core-shell structured mesoporous silica nanosphere with antagonistic acid and basic sites spatially isolated and designated diffusion path was fabricated and served as an efficient acid-base bifunctional catalyst for one-pot cascade reaction sequences with excellent activity and selectivity.