Immobilisation of a molecular epoxidation catalyst on UiO-66 and -67: the effect of pore size on catalyst activity and recycling

Marlene Kaposi, Mirza Cokoja, Christine H. Hutterer, Simone A. Hauser, Tobias Kaposi, Florian Klappenberger, Alexander Pöthig, Johannes V. Barth, Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Fritz E. Kühn

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Abstract

Amino-functionalised metal-organic frameworks UiO-66 and -67 were post-synthetically modified with salicylaldehyde. A molybdenum complex was immobilised on the resulting materials. They were characterised by 13C-MAS-NMR, XPS and PXRD to confirm immobilisation and stability. The immobilised complex is an active and reusable catalyst for olefin epoxidation with tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as an oxidant. It is shown that the effective pore size, probed with Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area analysis and the number of amino groups affect the diffusion of reactants and products, as well as catalyst recycling.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15976-15983
Number of pages8
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume44
Issue number36
DOIs
StatePublished - 31 Jul 2015

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