Issue 21, 2022

MOF nanoparticles as heterogeneous catalysts for direct amide bond formations

Abstract

The influence of composition and textural characteristics of a family of ultra-small isoreticular UiO-type metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with different functionalized and extended linkers on their catalytic performance is evaluated. Two direct amide bond formations across four different substrates (benzylamine + phenylacetic acid and aniline + formic acid) are employed as proof-of-concept reactions to test the activity of the Zr-MOF nanoparticles. The reaction rates of amide bond formation are evaluated against physico-chemical properties such as crystallinity, porosity, particle size or linker functionality, alongside the Lewis acid and hydrophobic properties of the MOFs, in order to gain insights into the catalytic mechanism and optimal properties for its enhancement.

Graphical abstract: MOF nanoparticles as heterogeneous catalysts for direct amide bond formations

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Feb 2022
Accepted
25 Apr 2022
First published
18 May 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Dalton Trans., 2022,51, 8368-8376

MOF nanoparticles as heterogeneous catalysts for direct amide bond formations

I. Abánades Lázaro, R. S. Forgan and Francisco. G. Cirujano, Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 8368 DOI: 10.1039/D2DT00369D

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