Gold nanoparticles supported on the periodic mesoporous organosilica SBA-15 as an efficient and reusable catalyst for selective oxidation of silanes to silanols

Gold nanoparticles are confined and stabilized within the channels of SBA-15 through the poly(ionic liquid) brushes that are anchored onto the pore walls of SBA-15. The supported gold catalyst exhibited remarkably high catalytic activities for selective oxidation of silanes into silanols using water as an oxidant without the use of organic solvents.