Mesoporous Zr-Beta zeolites prepared by a post-synthetic strategy as a robust Lewis acid catalyst for the ring-opening aminolysis of epoxides

Abstract

Mesoporous Zr-Beta exhibits a remarkable catalytic activity and regio-selectivity to β-amino alcohols in epoxide aminolysis. Intra-crystalline mesopores greatly promote the reaction through enhanced mass transfer and suppress the catalytic deactivation.