Mapping-Out Catalytic Processes in a Metal-Organic Framework with Single-Crystal X-ray Crystallography

Alexandre Burgun; Campbell J Coghlan; David M Huang; Wenqian Chen; Satoshi Horike; Susumu Kitagawa; Jason F Alvino; Gregory F Metha; Christopher J Sumby; Christian J Doonan

doi:10.1002/anie.201611254

Mapping-Out Catalytic Processes in a Metal-Organic Framework with Single-Crystal X-ray Crystallography

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2017 Jul 10;56(29):8412-8416. doi: 10.1002/anie.201611254. Epub 2017 Feb 3.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia.
² Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Institute for Integrated Cell-Materials Science (iCeMS), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

PMID: 28160366
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201611254

Abstract

Single-crystal X-ray crystallography is employed to characterize the reaction species of a full catalytic carbonylation cycle within a Mn^II -based metal-organic framework (MOF) material. The structural insights explain why the Rh metalated MOF is catalytically competent toward the carbonylation of MeBr but only affords stoichiometric turn-over in the case of MeI. This work highlights the capability of MOFs to act as platform materials for studying single-site catalysis in heterogeneous systems.

Keywords: MOFs; carbonylation; heterogeneous catalysis; rhodium complexes; structure elucidation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't