A catalytically active, permanently microporous MOF with metalloporphyrin struts.
Through the use of the tetratopic ligand 1,2,4,5-tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)benzene as a key building block, a permanently microporous metal-organic framework with Lewis acidic (porphyrin)Zn struts, ZnPO-MOF, can be made in high yields. ZnPO-MOF can efficiently catalyze acyl-transfer reactions primarily by preconcentrating the substrates within its pores, in stark contrast to analogous supramolecular systems.
Shultz
Abraham M
AM
Department of Chemistry and Institute for Catalysis in Energy Processes, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
Farha
Omar K
OK
Hupp
Joseph T
JT
Nguyen
SonBinh T
ST