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Development of Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalysts using Chiral Metal-Organic Frameworks MOFs
Published on: January 17, 2020
A Titanium(IV)-Based Metal-Organic Framework Featuring Defect-Rich Ti-O Sheets as an Oxidative Desulfurization
Simon Smolders1, Tom Willhammar2, Andraž Krajnc3
1Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F p.o. box 2461, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.
Abstract:
While titanium-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been widely studied for their (photo)catalytic potential, only a few TiIV MOFs have been reported owing to the high reactivity of the employed titanium precursors. The synthesis of COK-47 is now presented, the first Ti carboxylate MOF based on sheets of TiIV O6 octahedra, which can be synthesized with a range of different linkers. COK-47 can be synthesized as an inherently defective nanoparticulate material, rendering it a highly efficient catalyst for the oxidation of thiophenes. Its structure was determined by continuous rotation electron diffraction and studied in depth by X-ray total scattering, EXAFS, and solid-state NMR. Furthermore, its photoactivity was investigated by electron paramagnetic resonance and demonstrated by catalytic photodegradation of rhodamine 6G.
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