biostudies-literatureKhoo RSHBasic Energy Sciences24052-24060https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10636760biostudies-literatureUnknown145(44)Heterogeneous catalysis plays an indispensable role in chemical production and energy conversion. Incorporation of transition metals into metal oxides and zeolites is a common strategy to fine-tune the activity and selectivity of the resulting solid catalysts, as either the active center or promotor. Studying the underlying mechanism is however challenging. Decorating the metal-oxo clusters with transition metals in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) via postsynthetic modification offers a rational approach to construct well-defined structural models for better understanding of the reaction mechanism. Therefore, it is important to expand the materials scope beyond the currently widely studied zirconium MOFs consisting of Zr₆ nodes. In this work, we report the design and synthesis oJournal of the American Chemical SocietyPostsynthetic Modification of the Nonanuclear Node in a Zirconium Metal-Organic Framework for Photocatalytic Oxidation of Hydrocarbons.PMC10636760DE-AC02-05CH11231Liu YKhoo RSHHuang JZhang JHu WLu JZhang XFiankor CMorton MDYang SYang CfalsePostsynthetic Modification of the Nonanuclear Node in a Zirconium Metal-Organic Framework for Photocatalytic Oxidation of Hydrocarbons.Heterogeneous catalysis plays an indispensable role in chemical production and energy conversion. Incorporation of transition metals into metal oxides and zeolites is a common strategy to fine-tune the activity and selectivity of the resulting solid catalysts, as either the active center or promotor. Studying the underlying mechanism is however challenging. Decorating the metal-oxo clusters with transition metals in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) via postsynthetic modification offers a rational approach to construct well-defined structural models for better understanding of the reaction mechanism. Therefore, it is important to expand the materials scope beyond the currently widely studied zirconium MOFs consisting of Zr₆ nodes. In this work, we report the design and synthesis o2023-01-01T00:00:00Z2023 Nov2025-04-05T00:01:46.981Z2025-04-05T00:01:46.981ZS-EPMC106367603788020110.1021/jacs.3c07237