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Development of Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalysts using Chiral Metal-Organic Frameworks MOFs
Published on: January 17, 2020
Single-component frameworks for heterogeneous catalytic hydrolysis of organophosphorous compounds in pure water
Sergio J Garibay1, Omar K Farha, Jared B DeCoste
1Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical and Biological Center, 5183 Blackhawk Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010, USA. jared.b.decoste2.civ@mail.mil.
Abstract:
Amine modified Zr6-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) were synthesized through solvent-assisted linker incorporation (SALI) and utilized as single-component heterogeneous catalysts for the hydrolysis of organophosphorous compounds under solely aqueous conditions at room temperature. These materials display unprecidentedly fast catalytic hydrolysis for dimethyl p-nitrophenyl phosphate (DMNP) and nerve agent VX without the use of a buffered solution.
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