Single-crystal to single-crystal cross-linking of an interpenetrating chiral metal-organic framework and implications in asymmetric catalysis.
Single-crystal to single-crystal cross-linking of an interpenetrating chiral metal-organic framework and implications in asymmetric catalysis.
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10.1002/anie.201003377
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发表时间:
2010-10
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通讯作者:
Liqing Ma;Chuande Wu;Marcela M. Wanderley;Wenbin Lin
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作者:
Liqing Ma;Chuande Wu;Marcela M. Wanderley;Wenbin Lin
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have received extensive interest in the past decade because of their interesting properties.[1] MOFs exhibit exceptional gas-uptake capacity owing to their extreme porosity.[2] The ability to incorporate desired functional groups allows MOFs to perform in a variety of applications, such as catalysis,[3] chemical sensing,[4] and drug delivery.[5] In particular, MOFs represent ideal candidates as heterogeneous catalysts by simultaneously imparting porosity and introducing catalytic sites into MOFs. Unlike other catalyst heterogenization strategies, the MOF-derived heterogeneous catalysts can remain singlecrystalline, thus providing a unique opportunity for detailed structural interrogation and therefore delineating the relationships between the MOF structures and their catalytic activities and selectivities.Moderate hydrolytic and thermal stabilities of most MOFs limit the scope of reactions that can be heterogeneously catalyzed by MOFs. We have recently focused our efforts on the design of chiral porous MOFs for heterogeneous asymmetric catalysis as most asymmetric catalytic reactions are carried out under mild conditions in aprotic solvents.[6] In order for chiral MOFs to be useful asymmetric catalysts, they must possess large nanometer-scale open channels for the facile transport of sterically demanding substrates and products. We have recently synthesized isoreticular chiral MOFs based on tetracarboxylate bridging ligands derived from 1, 1’-bi-2-naphthol (BINOL) and copper paddle-wheel secondary building units (SBUs), and observed the remarkable dependence of the enantioselectivities of the addition of Et2Zn to aromatic aldehydes on the MOF openchannel sizes.[7] In order to expand the scope of applications of such chiral tetracarboxylate ligands, and to further understand the relationships between framework structures and catalytic activities, we have used these ligands in combination with other metal-connecting points or metal-cluster SBUs.