“Click” post-functionalization of a metal–organic framework for engineering active single-site heterogeneous Ru(III) catalysts

Suntao Wu,^a   Liyu Chen,^a   Biaolin Yin^a and   Yingwei Li*^a  

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Chem. Commun., 2015, Advance Article

DOI: 10.1039/C5CC02741A
Received 02 Apr 2015, Accepted 15 May 2015
First published online 15 May 2015
http://pubs.rsc.org/En/content/articlelanding/2015/cc/c5cc02741a#!divAbstract

• Abstract

 

We present a general strategy for incorporating π-conjugated NNN-chelators (e.g., terpyridyl moiety) into a porous metal–organic framework (MOF) MIL-101(Cr) by using the “click” post-functionalization. The functionalized MOF could be used as a platform for metalation to yield highly active and stable single-site heterogeneous metal (e.g., Ru(III)) catalysts.