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Development of Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalysts using Chiral Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
Published on: January 17, 2020
Size-dependent catalysis by DABCO-functionalized Zn-MOF with one-dimensional channels
Ja-Min Gu1, Wan-Seok Kim, Seong Huh
1Department of Chemistry and Protein Research Center for Bio-Industry, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin, 449-791, Korea.
Dalton Transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
|September 21, 2011
Abstract:
Lewis basic DABCO-functionalized 3D-like metal-organic framework, Zn-MOF, catalyzes nitroaldol (Henry) reaction of 4-nitrobenzaldehyde with nitroalkanes in a size-dependent manner. Small nitroalkanes give rise to higher conversion than larger ones. This MOF-based heterogeneous catalyst is very robust and can be recycled several times without losing its activity.

