Silica-Bound Sulfonic Acid Catalysts

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00284a014

The catalytic activity of colloidal silica sulfonic acid for the hydrolyses of diazinon and triphenylmethyl fluoride was compared with that of silica gel sulfonic acids, gel and macroporous poly(styrenesulfonic acids), powdered and soluble Nafion, p-toluenesulfonic acid, and hydrochloric acid.For diazinon hydrolysis, the colloidal catalyst was only slighty less active than the soluble strong acid catalysts and 2.8 times more active than any of other heterogeneous catalysts.The silica gel and polymeric sulfonic acid catalysts had similar activities.For triphenylmethyl fluoride hydrolysis all of the catalysts were only weakly active.