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The invention relates to a microporous material formed by oxygen, silicon, germanium, aluminium, boron, gallium, zirconium and/or titanium known as TIQ-6, to a method for preparing said material and to its applications as catalyst in oxidation reactions. The TIQ-6 preparation method is based on the synthesis of a gel containing titanium and/or zirconium, hydrothermal treatment thereof under controlled conditions and treatment of the resulting laminar material with an organic compound solution, preferably having a long hydrocarbonated chain containing a proton accepting group. This swollen material is subjected to a specific treatment involving agitation, ultrasound or any other method known in prior art with the purpose of obtaining a delaminated solid with a high outer surface. The invention also relates to a material having similar characteristics as that of TIQ-6 but additionally having organic groups anchored on the surface thereof and called METIQ-6, to a method for preparing the latter and to the utilization thereof as catalyst in oxidation reactions. The incorporation of organic species during synthesis of the material called METIQ-6 is carried out by means of a post-synthesis process on the TIQ-6 material. (FIG). nil