Diversity-Oriented Metal Decoration on UiO-Type Metal-Organic Frameworks: an Efficient Approach to Increase CO₂ Uptake and Catalytic Conversion to Cyclic Carbonates.

ABSTRACT: A library of metallo-bipyridine UiO-type metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) has been successfully synthesized by postmetallation of a wide range of metal complexes into bidentate bipyridine moieties. Then, a systematic investigation is devoted to a catalytic evaluation of the resultant MOFs containing a binary Lewis acid function for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides and carbon dioxide (CO₂). The result indicated that the metal-grafted MOFs exhibit improvement in terms of CO₂ uptake capacity and catalytic activity in comparison with their nonmetallated counterparts. The comprehensive investigation provides a valuable insight into the synergetic effects of MOF functionalities including metal node, grafted metal, and its counterion in the cycloaddition react

SUBMITTER: Norouzi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6868879 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature