On the nature of methyltrioxorhenium(VII) encapsulated in zeolite Y

Zeolite‐encapsulated molecular forms of rhenium oxide offer the opportunity to tune the physico‐chemical properties of the materials due to the wide range of oxidation states available to rhenium (+7–1) This can lead to nanomaterials with interesting electronic, optical, and catalytic properties. Here, the encapslation, structural characterization, thermal and chemical stability of CH 3 ReO 3 in both sodium and acid forms of zeolite Y are reported.