Large pore bifunctional titanium–aluminosilicates: the inorganic non-enzymatic version of the epoxidase conversion of linalool to cyclic ethers

Bifunctional aluminosilicate catalysts containing framework Ti are prepared, with two different topologies and pore sizes; these samples contain both acid and oxidizing catalytic sites and are highly selective for carrying out multistep reactions with selectivities close to those obtained with epoxidases, this is shown to occur for the oxidation of linalool to cyclic hydroxy ethers.