A Journal of Accepted Article Title: A Facile Strategy for the Preparation of Highly Mesoporous γ- Alumina Authors: Alexander Sachse, Corine Gérardin, Gérard Delahay, Emmanuel Belamie, Krassimir L. Kostov, and Bruno Alonso This manuscript has been accepted after peer review and appears as an Accepted Article online prior to editing, proofing, and formal publication of the final Version of Record (VoR). This work is currently citable by using the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) given below. The VoR will be published online in Early View as soon as possible and may be different to this Accepted Article as a result of editing. Readers should obtain the VoR from the journal website shown below when it is published to ensure accuracy of information. The authors are responsible for the content of this Accepted Article. To be cited as: Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 10.1002/ejic.201700175 Link to VoR: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201700175