Issue 27, 2013

A chiral mixed metal–organic framework based on a Ni(saldpen) metalloligand: synthesis, characterization and catalytic performances

Abstract

A three-dimensional (3D) chiral mixed metal–organic framework [Cd4Cl(Ni–L)3(Ni–HL)(H2O)6(DMF)]·4DMF (CMOF 1) based on a new enantiopure dicarboxyl-functionalized Ni(saldpen) metalloligand Ni–H2L and a novel tetranuclear cadmium cluster [Cd4Cl(CO2)7(CO2H)] has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, IR and UV-vis spectra, thermogravimetric analysis, nitrogen and carbon dioxide adsorption, powder and single-crystal X-ray diffractions. Each tetranuclear-cadmium cluster in 1 is linked by eight Ni–L ligands, and each Ni–L ligand is linked by two tetranuclear-cadmium clusters to generate a 3D framework with 1D open channels (∼1.1 × 0.9 nm2) along the b-axis. Based on its good stability, permanent porosity, Lewis acid sites and moderate uptake for CO2, 1 can be used as a self-supported heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of optically active propylene carbonate by asymmetric cycloaddition of CO2 with racemic propylene oxide under relatively mild conditions.

Graphical abstract: A chiral mixed metal–organic framework based on a Ni(saldpen) metalloligand: synthesis, characterization and catalytic performances

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Mar 2013
Accepted
03 May 2013
First published
09 May 2013

Dalton Trans., 2013,42, 9930-9937

A chiral mixed metal–organic framework based on a Ni(saldpen) metalloligand: synthesis, characterization and catalytic performances

Y. Ren, X. Cheng, S. Yang, C. Qi, H. Jiang and Q. Mao, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 9930 DOI: 10.1039/C3DT50664A

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