title: Investigating site-specific interactions and probing their role in modifying the acid-strength in framework architectures.
abstract: The ability to adroitly tailor acid-strength using specifically-engineered bimetallic nanoporous materials has been investigated with a view to exploiting their potential in solid-acid catalysed transformations. Further, it has been demonstrated that through site-specific interactions, extra-framework zinc ions can suitably modify the acidity of Brønsted acid sites, to stimulate diverse catalytic responses, when combined with isomorphously-substituted framework metal cations within porous architectures, for the Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime and in the isopropylation of benzene.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
authors.forename: Matthew E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Potter
authors.forename: Danni
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Enrica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gianotti
authors.forename: Maela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manzoli
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raja
mesh_terms: D000143:Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D001554:Benzene / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D003512:Cyclohexanones / Q000737:chemistry; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010316:Particle Size; D016062:Porosity; D013499:Surface Properties; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D003512:Cyclohexanones; C044686:cyclohexanone oxime; D015032:Zinc; D001554:Benzene