Chemical Fixation of CO2 and Other Heterogeneous Catalytic Studies by Employing a Layered Cu‐Porphyrin Prepared Through Single‐Crystal to Single‐Crystal Exchange of a Zn Analogue |
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Authors: | Dr Gargi Dutta Ajay Kumar Jana Prof Srinivasan Natarajan |
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Institution: | Framework Solids Laboratory, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India |
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Abstract: | A solvothermal reaction of Zn(NO3)2 ? 6 H2O, tetra‐(4‐pyridyl)porphyrin (H2TPyP), and 4,4′‐oxybis(benzoic acid) (H2OBA) resulted in a new two‐dimensional Zn‐ porphyrin metal–organic framework compound, Zn2(C40H24N8)0.5(C14H8O5)(DMA)](DMA)(H2O)6 ( 1 ; DMA=N,N‐dimethylacetamide). The ZnII ions present in 1 could be exchanged by using a solution of Cu(NO3)2 ? 3 H2O in DMA at room temperature to give Cu2(C40H24N8)0.5(C14H8O5)(DMA)](DMA)(H2O)3 ( Cu∈1 ). The extra‐framework solvent molecules have been shown to be reversibly removed or exchanged without collapse of the framework. Solvent‐free Cu∈1 was explored as an active heterogeneous catalyst towards three different organic reactions: 1) the chemical fixation of CO2 into cyclic carbonate at room temperature and 1 atm; 2) the nitroaldol reaction under solvent‐free conditions, and 3) the three‐component coupling of aminopyridine, benzaldehyde, and aryl alkynes followed by 5‐exo‐dig cyclization to produce the important pharmacophore imidazopyridine. |
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Keywords: | heterogeneous catalysis ion exchange metal– organic frameworks porphyrins structure– activity relationships |
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