Fabrication and application of highly ordered mesoporous Co3O4, NiO, and their metals Original Research Article

Highly ordered mesoporous Co3O4, NiO, and their metals were synthesized by nanocasting method using there corresponding mesoporous SBA-15 silica as a template. The obtained porous metal oxides have high surface areas, large pore volume, and a narrow pore size distribution. The N2-adsorption data for mesoporous metal oxides have provided the BET area of 257.7 m2 g−1 and the total pore volume of 0.46 cm3 g−1. The mesoporous metals were employed as a catalyst in the synthesis of (S)-3-pyrrolidinol from chiral (S)-4-chloro-3-hydroxybutyronitrile, and a high yield to (S)-3-pyrrolidinol-salt was obtained on the mesoporous Co metal catalyst.