Applications of metal-organic frameworks in heterogeneous supramolecular catalysis

This review summarizes the use of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as a versatile supramolecular platform to develop heterogeneous catalysts for a variety of organic reactions, especially for liquid-phase reactions. Following a background introduction about catalytic relevance to various metal-organi...

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Published in:Chemical Society reviews 2014-08, Vol.43 (16), p.611-661
Main Authors: Liu, Jiewei, Chen, Lianfen, Cui, Hao, Zhang, Jianyong, Zhang, Li, Su, Cheng-Yong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomimetics
Catalysis
Catalysts
Heterogeneity
Holes
Metal-organic frameworks
Metalorganic compounds
Metals - chemistry
Nanoparticles
Organic Chemicals - chemistry
Zeolites
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Summary:This review summarizes the use of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as a versatile supramolecular platform to develop heterogeneous catalysts for a variety of organic reactions, especially for liquid-phase reactions. Following a background introduction about catalytic relevance to various metal-organic materials, crystal engineering of MOFs, characterization and evaluation methods of MOF catalysis, we categorize catalytic MOFs based on the types of active sites, including coordinatively unsaturated metal sites (CUMs), metalloligands, functional organic sites (FOS), as well as metal nanoparticles (MNPs) embedded in the cavities. Throughout the review, we emphasize the incidental or deliberate formation of active sites, the stability, heterogeneity and shape/size selectivity for MOF catalysis. Finally, we briefly introduce their relevance into photo- and biomimetic catalysis, and compare MOFs with other typical porous solids such as zeolites and mesoporous silica with regard to their different attributes, and provide our view on future trends and developments in MOF-based catalysis. The contributions of MOFs to the field of heterogeneous supramolecular catalysis are comprehensively reviewed with regard to active sites, selectivity, as well as host-guest chemistry.
ISSN:0306-0012
1460-4744
DOI:10.1039/c4cs00094c