Highly Efficient Cooperative Catalysis by CoIII(Porphyrin) Pairs in Interpenetrating Metal–Organic Frameworks |
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| Authors: | Zekai Lin Dr Zhi‐Ming Zhang Dr Yu‐Sheng Chen Prof Wenbin Lin |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA;2. Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, P.R. China;3. ChemMatCARS, Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois, USA |
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| Abstract: | A series of porous twofold interpenetrated In‐CoIII(porphyrin) metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) were constructed by in situ metalation of porphyrin bridging ligands and used as efficient cooperative catalysts for the hydration of terminal alkynes. The twofold interpenetrating structure brings adjacent CoIII(porphyrins) in the two networks parallel to each other with a distance of about 8.8 Å, an ideal distance for the simultaneous activation of both substrates in alkyne hydration reactions. As a result, the In‐CoIII(porphyrin) MOFs exhibit much higher (up to 38 times) catalytic activity than either homogeneous catalysts or MOF controls with isolated CoIII(porphyrin) centers, thus highlighting the potential application of MOFs in cooperative catalysis. |
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| Keywords: | alkynes cooperative effects heterogeneous catalysis metal– organic frameworks porphyrinoids |
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