Highly Efficient Cooperative Catalysis by Co III (Porphyrin) Pairs in Interpenetrating Metal-Organic Frameworks
- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago Illinois 60637 USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago Illinois 60637 USA; Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 P.R. China
- ChemMatCARS, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439 USA
A series of porous twofold interpenetrated In-CoIII(porphyrin) metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) were constructed by in situ metalation of porphyrin bridging ligands and used as efficient cooperative catalysts for the hydration of terminal alkynes. The twofold interpenetrating structure brings adjacent CoIII(porphyrins) in the two networks parallel to each other with a distance of about 8.8 Å, an ideal distance for the simultaneous activation of both substrates in alkyne hydration reactions. As a result, the In-CoIII(porphyrin) MOFs exhibit much higher (up to 38 times) catalytic activity than either homogeneous catalysts or MOF controls with isolated CoIII(porphyrin) centers, thus highlighting the potential application of MOFs in cooperative catalysis.
- Research Organization:
- Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI ID:
- 1333944
- Journal Information:
- Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), Journal Name: Angewandte Chemie (International Edition) Journal Issue: 44 Vol. 55; ISSN 1433-7851
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
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