@article { ISI:000284052600021,
	title = {Covalently immobilized triphenylphosphine rhodium complex: synthesis, characterization, and application in catalytic olefin hydrogenation},
	journal = {Chemcatchem},
	volume = {2},
	number = {11},
	year = {2010},
	month = {NOV},
	pages = {1477-1482},
	publisher = {WILEY-BLACKWELL},
	address = {COMMERCE PLACE, 350 MAIN ST, MALDEN 02148, MA USA},
	abstract = {<p>A trimethoxysilane functionalized triphenylphosphine was coordinated to rhodium(I) and the resulting rhodium complex was covalently bound to a mesoporous SBA-15 support. The catalytic activity of this hybrid material was studied for the hydrogenation of 2-cyclohexen-1-one and compared with the corresponding homogeneous catalyst. According to the (31)P-MAS NMR data, the catalytically active species was stable against oxidation; no structural change could be detected after exposing it to air for more than two months. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) measurements on the used catalyst confirmed that the rhodium species was also stable against reduction to the metal because the formation of rhodium nanoparticles during the catalysis could be excluded. The kinetic curves of the recycled system confirmed that this hybrid catalyst shows excellent activity, selectivity, stability, and reusability, and is truly heterogeneous in the hydrogenation reaction.</p>},
	keywords = {alkenes, heterogeneous catalysis, Hydrogenation, mesoporous materials, Rhodium},
	issn = {1867-3880},
	doi = {10.1002/cctc.201000133},
	author = {Wang, Lei and Jia, Mingjun and Shylesh, Sankaranarayanapillai and Philippi, Thomas and Seifert, Andreas and Ernst, Stefan and Singh, Anand Pal and Thiel, Werner R.}
}
@article { ISI:000315013200017,
	title = {Disordered mesoporous V/TiO2 system for ambient oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides},
	journal = {Applied Catalysis A-General},
	volume = {452},
	year = {2013},
	month = {FEB},
	pages = {132-138},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>High sulfide conversion and predominant sulfoxide yield has been observed with 0.1\% vanadium doped disordered mesoporous Ti1-xVxO2 material at ambient and sub ambient temperatures using environmentally green H2O2 oxidant. Ti1-xVxO2 materials were prepared by one-pot solution combustion method in less than 15 min and thoroughly characterized by X-ray diffraction, HRTEM, Raman spectra and other physicochemical techniques. Different sulfides, such as, phenylsulfide, methyl-p-tolylsulfide, ethylsulfide, thioanisole, were converted into the corresponding sulfoxide. Isolated V5+ incorporated in the TiO2 lattice is likely to be the active species for the sulfide oxidation reaction. Catalyst recycling studies indicates the robustness of the catalyst. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Ambient oxidation, Combustion synthesis, heterogeneous catalysis, Hydrogen peroxide, Mesoporous TiO2, Sulfoxidation, Sulfoxide},
	issn = {0926-860X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.apcata.2012.11.035},
	author = {Negi, Sanjay Singh and Sivaranjani, Kumarsrinivasan and Singh, Anand Pal and Gopinath, Chinnakonda S.}
}
