Issue 1, 2016

Co(ii) complexes loaded into metal–organic frameworks as efficient heterogeneous catalysts for aerobic epoxidation of olefins

Abstract

A series of efficient cobalt(II)-anchored Cr-MOF (Cr-MIL-101-NH2) catalysts, such as Co(II)@Cr-MIL-101-Sal, Co(II)@Cr-MIL-101-P2I and Co(II)@Cr-MIL-101-P3I, have been successfully synthesized by one-pot modification of the terminal amino group with salicylaldehyde, pyridine-2-aldehyde or pyridine-3-aldehyde and anchoring of Co(II) ions into the mesoporous Cr-MOF supports. The Co(II)@Cr-MIL-101-P2I catalyst exhibited high catalytic performance for epoxidation of olefins with air as an oxidant due to the nitrogen atom in the pyridine ring as a strong electron-withdrawing substituent, high dispersion of Co(II) species and high surface area for sufficient contact between the substrate and active sites. The strong coordination interaction between the Co(II) ions and chelating groups in the Co(II)@Cr-MIL-101-P2I catalyst guaranteed the excellent recycling performance. Furthermore, the synthesized Co(II)@Cr-MIL-101-P2I catalyst realized its general applicability towards various olefins, such as cyclic olefins, tri-substituted olefins, aliphatic olefins and aromatic olefins.

Graphical abstract: Co(ii) complexes loaded into metal–organic frameworks as efficient heterogeneous catalysts for aerobic epoxidation of olefins

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 Jul 2015
Accepted
29 Sep 2015
First published
08 Oct 2015

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2016,6, 161-168

Co(II) complexes loaded into metal–organic frameworks as efficient heterogeneous catalysts for aerobic epoxidation of olefins

J. Wang, M. Yang, W. Dong, Z. Jin, J. Tang, S. Fan, Y. Lu and G. Wang, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2016, 6, 161 DOI: 10.1039/C5CY01099C

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