having the following molar composition 1 2 g of titanium tetrabutoxide is taken in polypropylene beaker and was hydrolyzed with 25 ml of deionized water the resulting titanium hydroxide was reacted with log of hydrogen peroxide 50 forming an orange yellow colored clear solution of titanium peroxide the titanium peroxide solution was added slowly to 15 g of ethylsilicate 40 in isopropyl alcohol as a solvent with vigorous stirring a yellowish white viscous gel is formed to which 6 5 g of tetrapropyl ammonium hydroxide 20 aqueous solution was added to the above solution the yellowish white gel turned to greenish white to which 72 g of deionised water is added to the above solution and stirred well for another one hour the clear solution thus obtained is transferred into a stainless steel autoclave and kept for crystallization under static conditions at 170 u00b1 1 u00b0 c for 3 days after complete crystallization the autoclave is quenched in icecold water the contents are filtered centrifuged washed thoroughly with deionised water and dried at 110 u00b0 c for 4 hours and further calcined at 550 u00b0 c in a flow of air for 10 hrs the molar composition of the organic free calcined material was 0 03tio 2 0 97sio 2 the remaining procedure was same as given in example 1 this example illustrates the catalytic activity.