The nitrile trimerization reaction of terephthalonitrile requires catalysts and temperature above 400 o C, and yields polymers. Being confined in a metal-organic framework MAF-5, the reaction temperature lowers to 240 o C without using catalysts, and the product becomes a unitary trimer.
X. Chen, L. Jiang, X. Zhang, X. Qiu, D. Zhou, H. Zhou, R. Lin, X. Huang and J. Zhang, Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted Manuscript , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC04880J
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