Recent progress of the preparation of novel materials for catalysts utilizing metal-containing silsesquioxanes are reviewed in the following categories: (i) activities of vanadium or titanium-containing silsesquioxanes as homogeneous catalysts for oxidative reactions, (ii) preparation of immobilized or polymeric catalysts, and (iii) preparation of porous oxide catalysts utilizing metal-containing silsesquioxanes. The present authors found that the liquid phase photo-oxidation of cyclohexane in the presence of a vanadium-containing silsesquioxane as a homogeneous catalyst selectively afforded cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone in high yields. Facile synthetic methods for group 4 metal-containing silsesquioxanes with functionalized silyl (or germyl) groups are presented. Remarkably, titanocene(IV)-containing silsesquioxanes have been synthesized for the first time. The presence of alkenylsilyl substituents shows a promotional effect on the epoxidation of cycloalkenes, which was found to be more significant for titanium-bridged silsesquioxanes. By utilizing these silsesquioxanes, polymeric, starburst-like, and dendritic silsesquioxanes were prepared as well as novel caged or macrocyclic molecules with organic–inorganic hybrid structures. The controlled calcination of these metal-containing silsesquioxanes at around 823 K produces porous oxides with high BET surface areas of 300–520 m2g−1 and uniformly-controlled micropores of 0.5–0.6 nm diameter. The oxides are found to include a well-dispersed metallic oxide species. From group 13 elements-containing silsesquioxanes Brönsted acidic oxides are produced. Among them, aluminum-containing oxides show excellent activities for the cracking of cumene even at low temperature, 523 K, in spite of their amorphous nature.
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Wada, K., Mitsudo, Ta. Preparation of Novel Materials for Catalysts Utilizing Metal-Containing Silsesquioxanes. Catal Surv Asia 9, 229–241 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10563-005-9158-z
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