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Inserting CO2 into Aryl C-H Bonds of Metal-Organic Frameworks: CO2 Utilization for Direct Heterogeneous C-H Activation

  • Wen Yang Gao
  • , Haifan Wu
  • , Kunyue Leng
  • , Yinyong Sun
  • , Shengqian Ma*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of South Florida
  • School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Described for the first time is that carbon dioxide (CO2) can be successfully inserted into aryl C-H bonds of the backbone of a metal-organic framework (MOF) to generate free carboxylate groups, which serve as Brønsted acid sites for efficiently catalyzing the methanolysis of epoxides. The work delineates the very first example of utilizing CO2 for heterogeneous C-H activation and carboxylation reactions on MOFs, and opens a new avenue for CO2 chemical transformations under mild.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5472-5476
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume55
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Apr 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • C-H activation
  • X-ray diffraction
  • carbon dioxide fixation
  • heterogeneous catalysis
  • metal-organic frameworks

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