MOF-enabled confinement and related effects for chemical catalyst presentation and utilization

Abstract

This review illustrates molecular-scale confinement, containment, isolation, and related concepts to present MOF-centric catalysts and to realize desired chemical transformations.

Carbon-efficient conversion of natural gas and natural-gas condensates to chemical products and intermediate feedstocks via catalytic metal–organic framework (MOF) chemistry

“…44,45 Roughly five thousand experimental examples have been curated and then described in terms that facilitate their computational or experimental evaluation regarding pore volume, pore size, gravimetric or volumetric surface-area, density, node accessibility, poreconnectivity, approximate topology, and so on. 46 While many are potentially suitable for broad application in heterogeneous catalysis, 47 the majority are not. Obviously, the suitability of a particular MOF for heterogeneous catalysis is reaction-specific.…”

Cyclodextrin-pillar[n]arene hybridized macrocyclic systems

“…As a significant macrocyclic compound 1 in supramolecular chemistry 2–4 produced from starch by enzymatic conversion, 5,6 cyclodextrin (CD), 7,8 consisting of several glucose subunits connected by α-1,4 glycosidic bonds (Chart 1), has gained much more attention recently due to its interesting applications in government-approved coronavirus drugs. 9,10 Actually, due to its nano-sized hydrophobic cavity, rigid and chiral structures of cyclic oligosaccharides, 11,12 as well as particular aqueous solubility and biocompatibility, 13 CD could be used widely in biomedicines such as drug delivery and pharmaceutical, 14–16 chemical industries and environmental engineering, 17,18 as well as food and agriculture. 19,20…”

“…As a significant macrocyclic compound 1 in supramolecular chemistry [2][3][4] produced from starch by enzymatic conversion, 5,6 cyclodextrin (CD), 7,8 consisting of several glucose subunits connected by α-1,4 glycosidic bonds (Chart 1), has gained much more attention recently due to its interesting applications in government-approved coronavirus drugs. 9,10 Actually, due to its nano-sized hydrophobic cavity, rigid and particular aqueous solubility and biocompatibility, 13 CD could be used widely in biomedicines such as drug delivery and pharmaceutical, [14][15][16] chemical industries and environmental engineering, 17,18 as well as food and agriculture. 19,20 In contrast to the water-soluble CD as a host molecule, 21,22 pillar[n]arene, [23][24][25] another pillar-like rigid macrocyclic compound repeatedly connected by methylene bridges (-CH 2 -) at the para-positions of hydroquinone/dialkoxybenzene (Chart 1), exhibits a hydrophobic core sandwiched between two functionalizable rims, 26 making it potentially having diverse hostguest interactions via the electron-donating cavity in organic and aqueous solvents.…”

A Hexagonal Nut‐Like Metal–Organic Framework and Its Conformal Transformation

“…due to their ordered framework, high surface area, and adjustable pore structure. [1][2][3][4][5] Since the discovery of graphene in 2004, 2D MOFs with layered structure similar to graphite have attracted significant attention. [6][7][8][9] Great efforts have been devoted to exfoliating 2D MOFs into ultra-thin nanoplates, showing good catalytic performance owing to their increased specific surface area and accessible active sites.…”