Metal-Organic-Framework-Derived Carbons: Applications as Solid-Base Catalyst and Support for Pd Nanoparticles in Tandem Catalysis

Xinle Li; Biying Zhang; Yuhui Fang; Weijun Sun; Zhiyuan Qi; Yuchen Pei; Shuyan Qi; Pengyu Yuan; Xuechen Luan; Tian Wei Goh; Wenyu Huang

doi:10.1002/chem.201605852

Metal-Organic-Framework-Derived Carbons: Applications as Solid-Base Catalyst and Support for Pd Nanoparticles in Tandem Catalysis

Chemistry. 2017 Mar 28;23(18):4266-4270. doi: 10.1002/chem.201605852. Epub 2017 Mar 24.

Authors

Xinle Li^{1

2}, Biying Zhang^{1

2}, Yuhui Fang³, Weijun Sun^{1

2}, Zhiyuan Qi^{1

2}, Yuchen Pei^{1

2}, Shuyan Qi³, Pengyu Yuan⁴, Xuechen Luan^{1

2}, Tian Wei Goh^{1

2}, Wenyu Huang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011, USA.
² Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Ames, Iowa, 50011, USA.
³ Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Haidian, Beijing, 100875, P. R. China.
⁴ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011, USA.

PMID: 28188655
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201605852

Abstract

The facile pyrolysis of a bipyridyl metal-organic framework, MOF-253, produces N-doped porous carbons (Cz-MOF-253), which exhibit excellent catalytic activity in the Knoevenagel condensation reaction and outperform other nitrogen-containing MOF-derived carbons. More importantly, by virtue of their high Lewis basicity and porous nature, Cz-MOF-253-supported Pd nanoparticles (Pd/Cz-MOF-253-800) show excellent performance in a one-pot sequential Knoevenagel condensation-hydrogenation reaction.

Keywords: Knoevenagel condensation; metal-organic frameworks; n-doped carbons; palladium; tandem catalysis.