Metal–Organic Frameworks as Formose Reaction Catalysts with Enhanced Selectivity

ABSTRACT: The formose reaction is an autocatalytic series of aldol condensations that allows one to obtain monosaccharides from formaldehyde. The formose reaction suffers from a lack of selectivity, which hinders practical applications at the industrial level. Over the years, many attempts have been made to overcome this selectivity issue, with modest results. Heterogeneous porous catalysts with acid–base properties, such as Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs), can offer advantages compared to homogeneous strong bases (e.g., calcium hydroxide) for increasing the selectivity of this important reaction. For the very first time, four different Zeolite Imidazolate Frameworks are presented in this work as catalysts for the formose reaction in liquid phase, and their catalytic performances were compared with

SUBMITTER: Balloi V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10458508 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature