title: A mixed dicarboxylate strut approach to enhancing catalytic activity of a de novo urea derivative of metal-organic framework UiO-67.
abstract: A hydrogen-bond donating MOF catalyst based on the framework, containing both urea-functionalized dicarboxylate and biphenyl-4,4'-dicarboxylate struts, was synthesized by a de novo route. The mixed strut framework has larger pore sizes and improved catalytic activity for Henry reactions than the pure strut analogue, which contains only the urea-functionalized dicarboxylate linker.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. o-farha@northwestern.edu j-hupp@northwestern.edu scheidt@northwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Paul W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Siu
authors.forename: Zachary J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Omar K
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Farha
authors.forename: Joseph T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Hupp
authors.forename: Karl A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Scheidt