Tuning the Catalytic Activity of Covalent Metal-Organic Frameworks for CO2 Cycloaddition Reactions

Jing-Yi Song; Xu Chen; Yu-Mei Wang; Xiao Luo; Tian-E Zhang; Guo-Hong Ning; Dan Li

doi:10.1002/asia.202300857

Tuning the Catalytic Activity of Covalent Metal-Organic Frameworks for CO₂ Cycloaddition Reactions

Chem Asian J. 2023 Dec 1;18(23):e202300857. doi: 10.1002/asia.202300857. Epub 2023 Nov 5.

Authors

Jing-Yi Song¹, Xu Chen¹, Yu-Mei Wang¹, Xiao Luo¹, Tian-E Zhang¹, Guo-Hong Ning¹, Dan Li¹

Affiliation

¹ College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632, China.

PMID: 37927167
DOI: 10.1002/asia.202300857

Abstract

The development of efficient, recyclable and low-cost heterogeneous catalysts for conversion of carbon dioxide (CO₂ ) into epoxides is highly desired, yet remain a challenge. Herein, we have prepared three two-dimensional (2D) copper(I) cyclic trinuclear units (Cu(I)-CTUs) based covalent metal-organic frameworks (CMOFs), namely JNM-13, JNM-14, and JNM-15, via a one-pot reaction by combination of coordination and dynamic covalent chemistry. Among them, JNM-15 contained the highest density of copper catalytic sites, and exhibited the highest capacity for adsorption of CO₂ . More interestingly, JNM-15 delivered the highest catalytic activity for cycloaddition of CO₂ to epoxides with good yields (up to 99 %), good substrate compatibility (11 examples) and reusability (four catalytic cycles) under mild condition.

Keywords: CO2 conversion; Covalent metal-organic frameworks; Cyclic trinuclear complexes; heterogeneous catalysts.

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