Synthesis and Characterization of a Crown-Shaped 36-Molybdate Cluster and Application in Catalyzing Knoevenagel Condensation
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Development of Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalysts using Chiral Metal-Organic Frameworks MOFs
Published on: January 17, 2020
Qiaofei Xu1, Baijie Xu1, Hui Kong1
1Henan Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Chemistry, Institute of Molecule and Crystal Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan 475004, PR China.
Abstract:
A novel crown-shaped 36-molybdate cluster with organophosphonate-functionalized polyoxomolybdates, (NH4)17Na7H12[Co(H2O)TeMo6O21{N(CH2PO3)3}]6·42H2O, has been successfully synthesized and well-characterized. It owns the highest nuclearity in the family of organophosphonate-based polyoxometalates reported so far. Furthermore, for the first time in the field, we illustrated that polyoxomolybdate could work as an effective heterogeneous catalyst for the Knoevenagel condensation reaction with high TOF (7714 h-1) and good recyclability. Impressively, the catalytic performance of 1 was also tested successfully in a large scale (∼10 g) reaction, where 89% of reaction yield and 3216 of TON were afforded.
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