Research Article

Preparation of Mesoporous Silica-Supported Chiral Amino Alcohols for the Enantioselective Addition of Diethylzinc to Aldehyde and Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation to Ketones

Table 1

Structural characteristics of MCM-48-supported chiral amino alcohols 2.

SampleSurface areaPore diameterPore volumeLoading amount

MCM-481250 m2/g3.15 nm0.71 cm3/g
2a758 m2/g2.65 nm0.50 cm3/g0.47 mmol/g
2b767 m2/g2.72 nm0.54 cm3/g0.50 mmol/g
2c794 m2/g3.11 nm0.61 cm3/g0.45 mmol/g