“…1 The synergic effect of both inorganic and organic moieties in these hybrid materials leads to remarkable improvements in catalytic performance in many applications, including acid-base catalysis, chiral transformations, polymerization and selective oxidation. Catalytic reactions that have benefited from this approach include transesterification, 2 Knoevenagel condensation, 3 Sonogashira coupling, 4 the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from CO2 and epoxide, 5 asymmetric epoxidation, 6 hydrogenation, 7 ethylene polymerization, 8 dehydration, 9 and the selective oxidation of sulfides and alcohols. 10 However, whilst catalytically efficient, the instability of many of these hybrid materials limits their widespread application.…”