Patent ID: 7947622

Claim:
A sol-gel process for the production of nanohybrid sol-gel materials for heterogeneous aerobic catalysis containing tetra-n-propylammonium perruthenate (TPAP) entrapped in a sol-gel matrix, comprising hydrolyzing and co-polymerizing organosilanes and silanes in the presence of said TPAP, water, and an organic cosolvent; wherein said co-polymerization is carried out with a precursor fluorinated organosilane amount of up to 25 mol % of the co-polymerization mixture and a non-fluorinated silane monomer; and wherein the molar ratio among the total silica (Si), as fluorinated organosilane+silane, the amount of cosolvent, and the amount of water is in the range from 1:4:4 to 1:8:8.