title: MIL-101-SO3H: a highly efficient Brønsted acid catalyst for heterogeneous alcoholysis of epoxides under ambient conditions.
abstract: For the first time, a ∼100% sulfonic acid functionalized metal-organic framework (MOF), MIL-101-SO3H, with giant pores has been prepared by a hydrothermal process followed by a facile postsynthetic HCl treatment strategy. The replete readily accessible Lewis acidic and especially Brønsted acidic sites distributed throughout the framework as well as high stability endow the resultant MOF exceptionally high efficiency and recyclability, which surpass all other MOF-based catalysts, for the ring opening of epoxides with alcohols (especially, methanol) as nucleophiles under ambient conditions.
authors.affiliation: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026 (P.R. China), Fax: (+86) 551-63607861.
authors.forename: Yu-Xiao
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yu-Zhen
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yingli
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Shu-Hong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Hai-Long
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D058116:Lewis Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D016062:Porosity; D013451:Sulfonic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D004852:Epoxy Compounds; D058116:Lewis Acids; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D013451:Sulfonic Acids
keywords: Brønsted acids; epoxides; heterogeneous catalysis; metal-organic frameworks; porous materials