Multiple functional groups in UiO-66 improve chemical warfare agent simulant degradation

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 May 10;55(37):5367-5370. doi: 10.1039/c9cc02252j. Epub 2019 Apr 17.

Abstract

A library of 26 mixed ligand UiO-66 analogs was synthesized, characterized, and screened for catalytic degradation of the chemical warfare agent (CWA) simulant dimethyl 4-nitrophenylphosphate (DMNP). The MOFs were screened and compared to physical mixtures of the same single component MOFs. Several of the MOFs display higher catalytic activity than the parent UiO-66 and other single ligand UiO-66 analogues.

MeSH terms

  • Catalysis
  • Chemical Warfare Agents / chemistry*
  • Ligands
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks / analogs & derivatives*
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks / chemical synthesis
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Nitrophenols / chemistry
  • Organophosphorus Compounds / chemistry
  • Particle Size

Substances

  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Ligands
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks
  • Nitrophenols
  • Organophosphorus Compounds
  • nitrophenylphosphate