Synthesis of boron- free titanosilicate zeolite by TiCl4/HCl treatment of pure silicon MWW as an Epoxidation Catalyst

[Display omitted] •Pure silica MWW zeolite was synthesized by dry gel method.•Ti implantation was completed by TiCl4 acid solution treatment.•Boron-free Ti-MWW has double 1-hexene conversion at lower Ti content. The pure silicon MWW were synthesized for the first time by means of a dry-gel conversion method utilizing N, N, N-trimethyl-1-adamantyl ammonium hydroxide and hexamethyleneimine as the structural directing agents. A vapor transport assisted crystallization method for obtaining complete crystallinity was developed to replace the traditional dry-gel conversion methods. TiCl4 acid solution treatment was cleverly used for the implantation of titanium in MWW. Compared with Ti-ERB-1, the Ti content of boron- free Ti-MWW is only 20% of the former, the conversion rate of 1-hexene epoxidation is 2.3 times of the former and nearly 100% of H2O2 efficiency.