Issue 2, 2019

Structure, characterization, and catalytic properties of open-metal sites in metal organic frameworks

Abstract

Metal organic framework materials (MOFs) offer a unique opportunity for investigating active sites that have either previously not been studied from a catalytic standpoint or have only been evaluated as homogeneous catalysts. One of the common themes in MOF research is a metal site endowed with labile ligands that can be eliminated to create a coordinatively unsaturated site, referred to as an open-metal site. Despite the ubiquitous nature of these sites, relationships between their atomic-level structure and catalytic properties are just beginning to emerge. This review summarizes the structure, characterization, and catalytic properties of three prototypical MOFs with open-metal sites (MIL-100/101, Cu-BTC, and UiO-66), with the goal of better identifying open questions in the MOF catalysis literature. Structure–catalytic property relationships for these three MOFs are discussed, with an emphasis on the effect of metal oxidation state, site proximity, defect density, and ligand functionalization on catalytic rates and selectivities.

Graphical abstract: Structure, characterization, and catalytic properties of open-metal sites in metal organic frameworks

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
30 set 2018
Accepted
05 dez 2018
First published
05 dez 2018

React. Chem. Eng., 2019,4, 207-222

Structure, characterization, and catalytic properties of open-metal sites in metal organic frameworks

J. N. Hall and P. Bollini, React. Chem. Eng., 2019, 4, 207 DOI: 10.1039/C8RE00228B

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements