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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 15976-15983 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Dalton Transactions |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 36 |
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| State | Published - 31 Jul 2015 |