A novel 3D pillar-layered metal-organic framework: Pore-size-dependent catalytic activity and CO2/N-2 affinity

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Ghasempour, Hosein;Tehrani, Alireza Azhdari;Morsali, Ali;Wang, Jun;Junk, Peter C.
Abstract

The structure-activity relationship plays the main role in the applicability of Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs) in different areas including catalysis. Regarding to this herein a novel pillar-layered MOF (TMU-52) that is isostructural to our recently reported TMU-25 is introduced. The structure of this framework was analyzed using X-ray crystallography, FT-IR spectroscopy, Thermogravimetric and elemental analyses. According to the similar organic and inorganic backbone, a comparative study was done on catalytic manner of TMU-25 and TMU-52 toward in aldol-type condensation reaction. TMU-52 was designed through replacing the biphenyl core in the pillar linker of TMU-25 with phenyl group as a better candidate heterogeneous catalysis. The selectivity of the TMU-52 was higher owing to its narrower channels. CO2/N-2 affinity of these structures was also investigated.

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Polyhedron

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180

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1873-3719

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Elsevier

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10.1016/j.poly.2020.114422