title: Assembly of Mesoporous Metal-Organic Framework Templated by an Ionic Liquid/Ethylene Glycol Interface.
abstract: We propose a facile room-temperature synthesis of a metal-organic framework (MOF) with a bimodal mesoporous structure (3.9 and 17-28 nm) in an ionic liquid (IL)/ethylene glycol (EG) mixture. The X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that MOF formation can be efficiently promoted by the presence of the EG/IL interface at room temperature. The MOFs with mesoporous networks are characterized by SEM and TEM. The formation mechanism of the mesoporous MOF in EG/IL mixture is investigated. It is proposed that the EG nanodroplets in the IL work as templates for the formation of the large mesopores. The as-synthesized mesoporous metal-organic framework is an effective and reusable heterogeneous catalyst to catalyze the aerobic oxidation of benzylic alcohols.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences (China).
authors.forename: Xinxin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sang
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences (China). zhangjl@iccas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Jianling
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences (China).
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences (China).
authors.forename: Chengcheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences (China).
authors.forename: Xue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences (China).
authors.forename: Buxing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences (China).
authors.forename: Guanying
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yang
keywords: heterogeneous catalysis; ionic liquids; mesoporous structures; metal-organic frameworks; template synthesis