“…An SB ligand was synthesized from the condensation reaction of 20 mmol of BTC and 10 mmol of TETA dissolved in 100 ml ethanol under magnetic stirring at room temperature for 2 h, and dried in an oven at 60 °C for 12 h. A white precipitate was observed, and a chemical reaction proceeded in which a carbonyl group on BTC reacted with an amine group on TETA, 58,59 as shown in Scheme 1. Fe 0.5 Cu 0.5 Mo 0.5 –SB was prepared using a 1 : 6 molar ratio of SB (0.54 g of Schiff base ligand dissolved in 50 ml DI water) mixed with a metal salt solution (such as 0.05 M of FeCl 3 , 0.05 M of Cu (CH 3 COO) 2 ·H 2 O, and 0.05 M (NH 4 ) 6 Mo 7 O 24 ·4H 2 O), and 200 ml of ethanol under magnetic stirring at room temperature for 2 h. Finally, the Fe 0.5 Cu 0.5 Mo 0.5 –SB precipitates were washed several times with DI water, centrifuged, and dried at 60 °C for 12 h. The preparation of Fe 0.5 Cu 0.5 Mo 0.5 –SB is shown in Scheme 1.…”