Issue 7, 2021

Defect engineering: an effective tool for enhancing the catalytic performance of copper-MOFs for the click reaction and the A3 coupling

Abstract

A series of Cu(I)-enriched metal–organic frameworks (MOF) of the type CuBTC (BTC = benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate) was prepared by a mixed-linker defect engineering technique, namely substituting a portion of a parent linker with truncated pyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate (PyDC) in the synthesis process. The reduced carboxyl coordination sites and the emerged Lewis basic pyridyl sites of PyDC spawned mixed-valence Cu(I)–Cu(II) paddlewheels (PWs) in the defect-engineered CuBTC (DE-CuBTC) structure. Cu(I)-enriched DE-CuBTC shows significantly enhanced catalytic performance for the click reaction of azide–alkyne cycloaddition by accelerating the rate determining step of Cu(I)–acetylide intermediate formation. To further evaluate the catalytic activity of Cu(I)-enriched DE-CuBTC for reactions involving a Cu(I)–acetylide intermediate, the A3 coupling reaction of phenylacetylene, paraformaldehyde and piperidine was studied as well. This study shows that defect engineering is an effective editing tool of catalytic active sites in catalysts.

Graphical abstract: Defect engineering: an effective tool for enhancing the catalytic performance of copper-MOFs for the click reaction and the A3 coupling

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Okt. 2020
Accepted
16 Dec. 2020
First published
02 Febr. 2021

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2021,11, 2396-2402

Defect engineering: an effective tool for enhancing the catalytic performance of copper-MOFs for the click reaction and the A3 coupling

Z. Fan, Z. Wang, M. Cokoja and R. A. Fischer, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2021, 11, 2396 DOI: 10.1039/D0CY01946A

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