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Properties
Like any other silica-based material, SiliaCat presents the following:
- Easy to handle (free flowing, no static charge)
Easy to weigh and handle since silica does not carry a static charge and is always free flowing. Its high density makes it suitable for small volume work. It does not require extensive -washing for high recoveries and will not stick to glassware. It is amenable to automation.
- Robust (mechanically & thermally stable)
Works well with overhead stirring and can stand very high temperature; suitable for microwave synthesizers.
- Rigid & porous structure
- No swelling
- Solvent independent
Silica neither shrinks nor swells in any solvent.
- Fast kinetics
The rate of the reaction is not controlled by the diffusion in and out of the polymer (or other support). SiliaCat does not dictate the solvent of the reaction.
- Lot-to-lot reproducibility
Advantages
The organosilica-based matrix of the SiliaCat offers the following catalyst advantages:
- Accurate catalyst loading
- Recyclability
- Leach-proof
- Fast kinetics
- High turnover
- Low catalytic amount required (< 1mol%)