Issue 92, 2012

Commercial metal–organic frameworks as heterogeneous catalysts

Abstract

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are porous crystalline materials that have promising applications as heterogeneous catalysts. After describing the composition, textural properties and crystal structure of four commercially available MOFs, we summarize organic transformations for which these commercial MOFs exhibit higher catalytic activity than the corresponding soluble metal salts or metal ion-exchanged zeolites. In the present article, we have focused on reactions requiring Lewis-acid sites or redox centers to illustrate the potential applications and limitations of commercial MOFs. In a final section, we provide our views on future developments whose ultimate target will be the use of a commercial MOF as a heterogeneous catalyst for a real industrial process in fine chemistry, thus, realizing the advantages of these materials with respect to zeolites or other solid catalysts in liquid-phase reactions.

Graphical abstract: Commercial metal–organic frameworks as heterogeneous catalysts

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
16 jun 2012
Accepted
03 sep 2012
First published
03 sep 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 11275-11288

Commercial metal–organic frameworks as heterogeneous catalysts

A. Dhakshinamoorthy, M. Alvaro and H. Garcia, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 11275 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC34329K

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