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Polyoxometalate-modified reduced graphene oxide foam as a monolith reactor for efficient flow catalysis of epoxide ring-opening reactions

Continuous flow catalysis has been attracting significant interest due to its remarkable advantages over traditional batch reactions. In this work, a facile and broad-spectrum hydrothermal approach has been developed to construct polyoxometalate-modified reduced graphene oxide (POM@rGO) foam, which worked as a monolith reactor for efficient continuous flow catalysis of epoxide ring-opening reactions. The porous structures of rGO foam allow the high dispersion of the POM catalyst onto the substrate through electrostatic interactions. Specifically, a phosphotungstic acid (H3PW12O40, denoted as PW12)-modified rGO (PW12@rGO) monolith reactor exhibits remarkable catalytic activity and durability towards epoxide ring-opening reactions with alcohols, achieving 99% conversion and 92% selectivity for the methanolysis product in 10 min under ambient conditions without stirring. Notably, while coupling with a micro-injection pump, such PW12@rGO foam can work as an efficient continuous flow reactor towards methanolysis of styrene oxide for 38 h with 99% conversion and over 90% selectivity, reaching a turnover number (TON) as high as 28?044.

Cross-linked poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)-titanium tetrachloride complex: A novel stable solid TiCl4 equivalent as a recyclable polymeric Lewis acid catalyst for regioselective ring-opening alcoholysis of epoxides

Cross-linked poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) resin beads were prepared as macromolecular ligand precursors by suspension copolymerization of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone and N,N′-methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) as a crosslinking agent in water. Subsequently, the resulting polymer carrier precursor was readily combined with titanium tetrachloride to form a stable polymeric coordination complex (PNVP/TiCl4), and this novel stable TiCl4 equivalent evaluated as a heterogeneous and reusable solid Lewis acid catalyst for the regio-and stereoselective nucleophilic ring opening of various epoxides with various alcohols to prepare β-alkoxy alcohols in excellent yields without generating any waste. The MBA-cross-linked PNVP and resultant catalyst were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT–IR), field-emission scanning electron microscope (FE–SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), inductively coupled plasma (ICP), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) techniques. Moreover, the catalyst is very stable, easily separated, and reused at least five times without significant loss of activity. In terms of scope, yields, the amount of catalyst used, and reaction time, the PNVP-TiCl4 complex catalyst is an improvement over previously reported heterogeneous catalysts for ring opening of epoxides methods. Further, the experimental outcome revealed that using the copolymer beads as carriers with a high percentage of crosslinking and the high mesh size leads had an adverse effect on the reaction rate.

Cellulose sulfate: An efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the ring-opening of epoxides with alcohols and anilines

Cellulose sulfate was synthesized by esterification of α-cellulose with concentrated sulfuric acid at ?10°C in ethanol. Cellulose is mainly sulfated on 3-, 6- and 3, 6-positions of the cellulose. It acts as a heterogeneous catalyst for the ring-opening of epoxides with alcohols or anilines and the Friedel-Crafts reaction between N-benzylindole and crotonaldehyde at room temperature. Methanolysis of cyclic epoxides, styrene oxide, terminal aliphatic epoxides, and glycidyl ethers were carried out using the catalyst (0.4–6.8 mg/mmol of epoxide) and afforded the corresponding products in 53–97% isolated yields after 10 min–24 h. Cellulose sulfate was successfully recycled and reused up to 3 catalytic cycles for the ring-opening of styrene oxide with methanol.

Tailoring Lewis/Br?nsted acid properties of MOF nodesviahydrothermal and solvothermal synthesis: simple approach with exceptional catalytic implications

The Lewis/Br?nsted catalytic properties of the Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) nodes can be tuned by simply controlling the solvent employed in the synthetic procedure. In this work, we demonstrate that Hf-MOF-808 can be prepared from a material with a higher amount of Br?nsted acid sites,viamodulated hydrothermal synthesis, to a material with a higher proportion of unsaturated Hf Lewis acid sites,viamodulated solvothermal synthesis. The Lewis/Br?nsted acid properties of the resultant metallic clusters have been studied by different characterization techniques, including XAS, FTIR and NMR spectroscopies, combined with a DFT study. The different nature of the Hf-MOF-808 materials allows their application as selective catalysts in different target reactions requiring Lewis, Br?nsted or Lewis-Br?nsted acid pairs.

MBA-cross-linked poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone)/ferric chloride macromolecular coordination complex as a novel and recyclable Lewis acid catalyst: Synthesis, characterization, and performance toward for regioselective ring-opening alcoholysis of epoxides

A novel macromolecular-metal coordination complex, MBA-cross-linked PNVP/FeCl3 material was fabricated by immobilization of water intolerant ferric chloride onto the porous cross-linked poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) carrier beads as a macromolecular ligand or carrier which was prepared by suspension free-radical copolymerization of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone (NVP) and N,N′-methylene bis-acrylamide (MBA) as a crosslinking agent in water. The obtained PNVP/FeCl3 was characterized by UV/vis and FT-IR spectroscopies, TGA, FE-SEM, EDX, and ICP techniques. This heterogenized version of ferric chloride is a convenient and safe alternative to highly water intolerant ferric chloride. The catalytic performance of (PNVP/FeCl3) as an efficient and recyclable polymeric Lewis acid catalyst was appropriately probed in the regio-and stereoselective nucleophilic ring opening of various epoxides with various alcohols in excellent yields with TOF up to 182.48 h?1 without generating any waste. The activity data indicate that this heterogeneous catalyst is very active and could be easily recovered, and reused at least six times without appreciable loss of activity indicating its stability under experimental conditions.

Creation of Exclusive Artificial Cluster Defects by Selective Metal Removal in the (Zn, Zr) Mixed-Metal UiO-66

The differentiation between missing linker defects and missing cluster defects in MOFs is difficult, thereby limiting the ability to correlate materials properties to a specific type of defects. Herein, we present a novel and easy synthesis strategy for the creation of solely missing cluster defects by preparing mixed-metal (Zn, Zr)-UiO-66 followed by a gentle acid wash to remove the Zn nodes. The resulting material has the reo UiO-66 structure, typical for well-defined missing cluster defects. The missing clusters are thoroughly characterized, including low-pressure Ar-sorption, iDPC-STEM at a low dose (1.5 pA), and XANES/EXAFS analysis. We show that the missing cluster UiO-66 has a negligible number of missing linkers. We show the performance of the missing cluster UiO-66 in CO2 sorption and heterogeneous catalysis.

Influence of Hydrogen Bond Donating Sites in UiO-66 Metal-Organic Framework for Highly Regioselective Methanolysis of Epoxides

A Zr(IV)-based UiO-66 metal-organic framework (MOF) (named 1) was synthesized by employing 1-(aminomethyl)naphthalene-2-ol appended terephthalate linker and Zr(IV) salt via solvothermal method and subsequently characterized. Furthermore, the potential efficiency of activated (named 1′) form of as-synthesized MOF was investigated as an organocatalyst for the ring-opening of epoxide by methanol. The catalytic performance of 1 and 1′ was studied in the methanolysis of styrene oxide as a model substrate and the activity of 1′ was also examined with various alcohols. Under the optimized reaction conditions, the catalytic performance of 1′ reached 96 % conversion of styrene oxide to its corresponding product with 98 % regioselectivity. The reusability and stability of the catalyst were proved by recycling up to four runs in the methanolysis of styrene oxide. The Lewis acidity originating from metal nodes and hydrogen bond donating (HBD) sites in the linker is distributed homogeneously throughout the framework, thus playing crucial role in the activation of epoxide with easy accessibility.

A new Br?nsted acid MIL-101(Cr) catalyst by tandem post-functionalization; synthesis and its catalytic application

A new heterogeneous Br?nsted solid acid catalyst was prepared by tandem post-functionalization of MIL-101(Cr) and utilized for acetic acid esterification and alcoholysis of epoxides under solvent-free conditions. First, MIL-101(Cr) was functionalized with pyrazine to achieve MIL-101(Cr)-Pyz. Afterwards, the nucleophilic reaction of MIL-101(Cr)-Pyz with 1,3-propane sultone and next acidification with diluted sulfuric acid gave MIL-101(Cr)-Pyz-RSO3H Br?nsted solid acid catalyst. Various characterization methods such as Fourier transformation infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), elemental analysis (CHNS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersiveX-ray(EDX) spectroscopy, thermal analysis (TGA/DTA), acid–base titration, and N2 adsorption/desorption analysis were employed to fully characterize the prepared catalyst. The catalyst showed high activity compared to unmodified MIL-101(Cr) in both catalytic acetic acid esterification and alcoholysis of epoxides. It can also be readily isolated from the reaction mixture and reused three times without major decrease in its activity.

Postsynthetic Oxidation of the Coordination Site in a Heterometallic Metal-Organic Framework: Tuning Catalytic Behaviors

Postsynthetic modification (PSM) in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can introduce multiple functionalities and alter the structural function for the desired application. However, the PSM of the coordination site faces the challenges of structural collapse or incompatibility between the original metal site and the newly formed coordination group. Herein, we developed a novel concept of introducing primary and secondary nodes, coexisting in a water-stable, Zr-based heterometallic MOF, [Zr6(μ3-OH)8(OH)8][Cu4I(L1)4]2 (1-SH-a, H2L1 = 6-mercaptopyridine-3-carboxylic acid). The postsynthetic oxidation at the coordination site was successfully achieved in the secondary nodes [Cu4I(L1)4]4-, while the robust primary nodes [Zr6(μ3-OH)8(OH)8]8+ stabilized the whole framework to form [Zr6(μ3-OH)8(OH)8][(Cu0.44ICu0.56II(OH)0.56)4(L2)4]2 (1-SO3H, H2L2 = 6-sulfonicotinic acid). Attempts to directly synthesize 1-SO3H through the reactions of Zr(IV), Cu(II), and H2L2 failed. Furthermore, the PSM of 1-SH-a to form 1-SO3H was utilized to tune the catalytic behaviors toward the styrene oxide ring-opening reaction to give an improved regioselectivity of the primary alcohol (A) of ～99% compared with that of 1-SH-a (～71%).

Fiber-supported Fe(iii) complex catalyst in spinning basket reactor for cleaner ring-opening of epoxides with alcohols

Herein, a newly designed fiber-supported iron catalyst was successfully synthesized by rooting diamine ligands into the surface layer of commercially available polyacrylonitrile fiber and then utilizing the diamine groups to immobilize Fe(iii) ions for heterogeneous catalytic ring-opening reactions. The resulting materials were characterized and observed in detail by elemental analysis, mechanical properties, FTIR spectroscopy and morphology during both the preparation and the utilization processes. Moreover, the fiber catalyst was used in the spinning basket reactor-mediated ring-opening of various epoxides by a series of alcohols under mild reaction conditions, giving good to quantitative yields of the corresponding β-alkoxy alcohols. In addition, the fiber catalyst in the impellers of the agitation system was shown to be reusable multiple times without leaching of the Fe(iii) ions, and when stored on the shelf remained equally active for at least three months. Furthermore, the catalytic system was convenient and effective for scaling-up experiments and thereby has prospects in industrial applications.