Abstract
In this review, we summarize recent advances on Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) based heterogeneous catalytic chemistry. Catalytic performance of varied configurations of MOFs including active sites, post synthetic modification, and MOF derived catalysts, is summarized in the context of various organic transformation reactions. Post synthetic modification of MOFs via functionalization of organic linkers with active catalytic moieties is deliberated. Also, efficacy of carbonaceous catalysts derived from MOFs is discussed. Overall, an outlook on MOF’s application in heterogeneous catalysis is presented.
Highlights
Nanoporous Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are an important class of new materials that have attracted researchers owing to their special properties [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]
We report a brief overview on the recent progress of MOFs used in heterogeneous catalysis of different organic reactions
We evaluated the heterogeneous catalysis of MOFs by considering: (i) Active sites in MOFs for organic transformations; (ii) Postsynthesis modification; and (iii) MOF derived catalysis
Summary
Nanoporous Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are an important class of new materials that have attracted researchers owing to their special properties [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]. The main advantage of MOFs is their versatility in chemical composition, organic and inorganic building units, and the bifunctional metal/acid sites for insertion using isoreticular chemistry [8,9] Owing to their crystalline characteristics, tunable porous structure with high surface areas (up to 10000 m2/g) and large pore volumes, made them superior materials for various applications in gas/vapor sorption, separation, drug delivery and heterogeneous catalysis [10,11,12,13,14,15]. The potential inner porosity similar to that of zeolites and the ease of access to the metal ions in the pore, made them superior in heterogeneous catalysis [16,17] Both metal centers and organic linkers contribute to the catalytic activities while pores serve as a host for small molecules and/or supports for metal/metal oxide nanoclusters [18,19].
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