title: Salicylaldimine-based metal-organic framework enabling highly active olefin hydrogenation with iron and cobalt catalysts.
abstract: A robust and porous Zr metal-organic framework, sal-MOF, of UiO topology was synthesized using a salicylaldimine (sal)-derived dicarboxylate bridging ligand. Postsynthetic metalation of sal-MOF with iron(II) or cobalt(II) chloride followed by treatment with NaBEt3H in THF resulted in Fe- and Co-functionalized MOFs (sal-M-MOF, M = Fe, Co) which are highly active solid catalysts for alkene hydrogenation. Impressively, sal-Fe-MOF displayed very high turnover numbers of up to 145000 and was recycled and reused more than 15 times. This work highlights the unique opportunity of developing MOF-based earth-abundant catalysts for sustainable chemical synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago , 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States.
authors.forename: Kuntal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Manna
authors.forename: Teng
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Michaël
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carboni
authors.forename: Carter W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Abney
authors.forename: Wenbin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lin