Issue 76, 2019

A hydrothermally stable ytterbium metal–organic framework as a bifunctional solid-acid catalyst for glucose conversion

Abstract

Yb6(BDC)7(OH)4(H2O)4 contains both bridging hydroxyls and metal-coordinated waters, possessing Brønsted and Lewis acid sites. The material crystallises from water at 200 °C. Using the solid as a heterogenous catalyst, glucose is converted into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, via fructose, with a total selectivity of ∼70% after 24 hours at 140 °C in water alone: the material is recyclable with no loss of crystallinity.

Graphical abstract: A hydrothermally stable ytterbium metal–organic framework as a bifunctional solid-acid catalyst for glucose conversion

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Jul 2019
Accepted
12 Aug 2019
First published
05 Sep 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2019,55, 11446-11449

A hydrothermally stable ytterbium metal–organic framework as a bifunctional solid-acid catalyst for glucose conversion

D. L. Burnett, R. Oozeerally, R. Pertiwi, T. W. Chamberlain, N. Cherkasov, G. J. Clarkson, Y. K. Krisnandi, V. Degirmenci and R. I. Walton, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 11446 DOI: 10.1039/C9CC05364F

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