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Development of Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalysts using Chiral Metal-Organic Frameworks MOFs
Published on: January 17, 2020
Two POM-based compounds containing Zn-capped Keggin anions as decent heterogeneous catalysts for sulfur oxidation and
Yin-Hua Zhu1, Jian-Bo Yang1, Xiao-Mei Liu1
1College of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211800, P. R. China. yanxu@njtech.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Carbon dioxide (CO2) and the combustion of sulfide in gasoline are the main causes of air pollution. A great deal of attention has been paid to solving the problem and the catalytic reaction seems to be a decent choice. Due to the high-density of Lewis acidic active sites, polyoxometalates are undoubtedly an ideal choice for the sulfur oxidation reaction. With the reasons foregoing, two novel Zn-capped polyoxometalate-based organic-inorganic hybrids, {[α-PMoV2MoVI10O39(OH)Zn2][bbbm]3}·0.5C2H5OH (1) and TBA2{[ε-PMoV8MoVI4O37(OH)3Zn4][phim]3} (2) ((where bbbm = 1-(4-imidazol-1-ylbutyl) imidazole) and phim = 2-phenylimidazole) were successfully obtained by hydrothermal synthesis. In the two compounds, the N-donor ligands in a monodentate or bidentate coordination mode are directly connected to the Keggin anions by Zn-capped atoms, forming an extended one-dimensional chain. It is noteworthy that compound 2 ends up with an interesting spiral infinite chain possibly thanks to the TBA+ cations residing in gaps as structure-directing agents. Simultaneously, the catalytic properties indicate that compounds 1 and2 as efficient heterogeneous catalysts display a decent catalytic activity in the sulfur removal process. Especially, 2 enabled satisfying catalytic oxidation of dibenzothiophene (DBT) to produce more valuable dibenzothiophene sulfone (DBTO2) at 55 °C, and the conversion almost reached 99%. Besides, compound 2 also shows satisfactory catalytic effectiveness in the oxidation of various epoxides in the CO2 cycloaddition reaction, which suggests that compound 2 has the potential to function as a dual functional material with tremendous prospects in sulfur oxidation and carbon dioxide cycloaddition for the first time.
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