Selective aerobic oxidation of activated alkanes with MOFs and their use for epoxidation of olefins with oxygen in a tandem reaction

Cu-MOFs as active, selective and reusable catalysts for oxidative C–O bond coupling reactions by direct C–H activation of formamides, aldehydes and ethers

“…Besides the higher reaction rate attained as compared to TBHP, the use of CmHP as the oxidant for the C-O coupling reaction is interesting, since we have previously shown that CmHP can be generated in situ by the liquid phase aerobic oxidation of cumene over Cu-MOFs catalysts 12 . Thus, taking the idea of the Sumitomo process for the production of propene oxide 20,21 , we can envisage a one-pot two-steps process in which cumene is oxidized to CmHP using O 2 as the oxidant.…”

“…20% yield, whereupon 1 mmol of 2-hydroxyacetophenone and 1 mL of DMF were added at the same reaction temperature. [Cu-2pymo) 2 ] was selected as catalyst since we know from previous works that this material is highly selective to CmHP at low cumene conversions 11,12 . Under these conditions, the carbamate product 3 was quantitatively formed in 97% yield after 1.5 h of reaction.…”

“…In this sense, it has been demonstrated that metal organic frameworks can replace homogenous molecular catalysts for a number of reactions [6][7][8][9][10] . In particular, we have shown that copper-MOFs 11,12 , which implies the effective generation of hydroperoxides and conversion to the corresponding alcohols and ketones. Herein we will show that these Cu-MOFs can also catalyze the oxidative coupling reactions of the compounds shown in Scheme 1, which also rely on the ability of the materials for effectively reacting hydroperoxides, as shown in Scheme 2.…”

Bis(carboxyphenyl)-1,2,4-triazole Based Metal–Organic Frameworks: Impact of Metal Ion Substitution on Adsorption Performance

“…The partial incorporation of Co 2+ hinders the phase transition of Cu 2+ domains leading to an almost closed framework. This 43,48 While 1 Co exhibits no catalytic activity, 1 Cu is significantly more active for the cyclohexene conversion with TBHP than with Cu 3 (BTC) 2 ( Figure 12, Table 6). …”

Reversible flexible structural changes in multidimensional MOFs by guest molecules (I2, NH3) and thermal stimulation

“…MOFs have potential applications in catalysis, gas storage and separation, molecular recognition, ion exchange, light, electricity, and magnetism [4][5][6][7][8]. However, most studies use materials with three-dimensional (3D) structures that are stable and rigid.…”