Abstract
The Cover Feature shows a mesoporous ionic crystal composed of a Keggin-type polyoxometalate and a macrocation with Cr(III), catalyzing fructose dehydration to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), which is an important bio-based chemical, without any apparent by-products at mild conditions. In their Communication, Sayaka Uchida and co-workers synthesize three ionic crystals with analogous building blocks but different pore sizes, and showed that the catalytic activities were basically dependent on the porosity. The results show the structure-function relationships in heterogeneous catalysis of porous ionic crystals. More information can be found in the Communication by Takumi Yamada et al. on page 3745 in Issue 16, 2019 (DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201900614).
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