A Multifunctional Metal-Organic Framework for Oxidative C-O Coupling Involving Direct C-H Activation and Synthesis of Quinolines

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00683

A robust paddle-wheel Cu(II)-based metal-organic framework (MOF) 1, having dual functionalities, namely, Lewis acid and basic sites, has been explored as a heterogeneous catalyst. This MOF, because of its large void volume (10298 ?³, 67.6%), la