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Pseudopeptidic Coordination Polymers Based on Zirconium-Carboxylate Supramolecular Assemblies.
Miguel Maireles-Porcar1, Ferran Esteve1,2, Nuria Martín1
1Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Orgánica, Universitat Jaume I, Av. Vicent Sos Baynat, s/n, 12006 Castelló de la Plana, Castelló, España.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
|May 5, 2025
Summary
New coordination polymers mimic enzymes for sustainable heterogeneous catalysis. These novel Zr-based materials, featuring pseudopeptidic linkers, show promise in catalytic applications.
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Catalysis
- Supramolecular Chemistry
Background:
- Enzyme mimicry is crucial for advancing heterogeneous catalysis efficiency and sustainability.
- Coordination polymers offer tunable structures for catalytic applications.
Purpose of the Study:
- To synthesize and characterize novel coordination polymers using pseudopeptidic linkers and Zr-oxo clusters.
- To investigate the catalytic activity of these materials in hydrolysis reactions.
Main Methods:
- Solvothermal synthesis of coordination polymers.
- Microwave-assisted preparation of pseudopeptidic linkers.
- Characterization using NMR, FTIR, TGA, XPS, SEM/EDX.
- Catalytic testing in p-nitrophenylacetate hydrolysis.
Main Results:
- Formation of Zr-based coordination polymers with hybrid inorganic-organic composition.
- Synthesis of homogeneous nanoparticles with pseudopeptidic (PSP) linkers.
- Catalytic activity correlated with porosity and residue volume in defective UiO-67 crystals.
Conclusions:
- Successfully synthesized novel Zr-PSP coordination polymers with potential for heterogeneous catalysis.
- Demonstrated enzyme-mimicking catalytic activity under mild conditions.
- Highlighted the structure-activity relationship in these advanced materials.
Keywords:
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