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Subsequently they were shelled with a silica layer allowing grafting of an organic phosphine ligand that coordinated to the [MoI2(CO)3] organometallic core. The silica layer was prepared by the St\u00f6ber method using either mechanical (both 11 and 30 nm nanoparticles) or ultrasound (30 nm only) stirring. The latter nanoparticles once coated with silica were obtained with less aggregation, which was beneficial for the final material holding the organometallic moiety. The Mo loadings were found to be 0.20, 0.18, and 0.34 mmolMo\u00b7g\u22121 for MNP30-Si-phos-Mo,MNP11-Si-phos-Mo, and MNP30-Sius-phos-Mo, respectively, with the ligand-to-metal ratio reaching 4.6, 4.8, and 3.2, by the same order, confirming coordination of the Mo moieties to two phos ligands. Structural characterization obtained from powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM)\/ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis, and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy data confirmed the successful synthesis of all nanomaterials. Olefin epoxidation of several substrates catalyzed by these organometallic nano-hybrid materials using tert-butyl hydroperoxide (tbhp) as oxidant, achieved very good results. Extensive testing of the catalysts showed that they are highly active, selective, recyclable, and efficient concerning oxidant consumption.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/catal11030380","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,15]],"date-time":"2021-03-15T11:38:58Z","timestamp":1615808338000},"page":"380","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Selective and Efficient Olefin Epoxidation by Robust Magnetic Mo Nanocatalysts"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Cristina I.","family":"Fernandes","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Qu\u00edmica Estrutural, Departamento de Qu\u00edmica e Bioqu\u00edmica, Faculdade de Ci\u00eancias, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9720-9801","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pedro D.","family":"Vaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CICECO\u2014Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"},{"name":"Champalimaud Foundation, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, 1400-038 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8750-7813","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carla D.","family":"Nunes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Qu\u00edmica Estrutural, Departamento de Qu\u00edmica e Bioqu\u00edmica, Faculdade de Ci\u00eancias, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1341","DOI":"10.1002\/ajoc.202000379","article-title":"Synthetic Organic Transformations of Transition-Metal Nanoparticles as Propitious Catalysts: A Review","volume":"9","author":"Ganesh","year":"2020","journal-title":"Asian J. 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