<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shylesh, S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Samuel, Prinson P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Srilakshmi, Ch.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Parischa, Renu</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Singh, A. P.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sulfonic acid functionalized mesoporous silicas and organosilicas: synthesis, characterization and catalytic applications</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Molecular Catalysis A-Chemical</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">condensation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ethane-silica</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">heterogeneity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">sulfonic acids</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SEP</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-2</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">274</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">153-158</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Ethane bridged mesoporous organosilicas and MCM-41 having sulfonic acid groups in the pore channels were prepared by co-condensation method as well as grafting method, using 3-mercaptopropyltriethoxysilane (3-MPTS) as the sulfur precursor. TEM and N-2 sorption isotherm analysis revealed that the mesoporous structural ordering is retained after the functionalization and modifications of organic groups while FT-IR, Raman, XPS and solid-state C-13 CP MAS NMR shows the presence of sulfonic acid groups and the stability of the mesoporous framework. The catalytic activity of the developed materials was evaluated in the liquid phase Claisen-Schmidt condensation reaction of acetophenone with benzaldehyde, to probe the effect of mesoporous support surfaces as well as the role of preparation methods. Results showed that sulfonic acid functionalized ethane-silica samples were more active, selective and stable than the conventional sulfonic acid containing mesoporous catalysts. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-2</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3.958</style></custom4></record></records></xml>