A novel HAuCl4@UiO-66-NH2 material has been obtained and utilized as a heterogeneous Au(III) catalyst. This Au(III) catalyst was able to promote the formation of a variety of dihydrochalcones starting from 2H-chromenes in moderate to good yields. A tandem hydride shift/hydration reaction sequence has been proposed based on deuterium labeling studies, which revealed a 1,5-hydride shift reaction ...

Herein, we demonstrate that the incorporation of an acidic hydrogen-bond-donating squaramide moiety into a porous UiO-67 metal-organic framework (MOF) derivative leads to dramatic acceleration of the biorelevant Friedel-Crafts reaction between indole and β-nitrostyrene. In comparison, it is shown that free squaramide derivatives, not incorporated into MOF architectures, have no catalytic activi...

Abstract The −NH 2 in UiO‐66‐NH was functionally modified with 2‐pyridinecarboxaldehyde to form Schiff base UiO‐66‐Pyr, and hollow nitrogen‐doped porous carbon‐ZrO supported Ru (Ru/NC‐ZrO ) prepared from 3+ ‐coordinated UiO‐66‐Pyr‐Ru. Then the furfural hydrogenation performance of product investigated. Compared single‐tooth‐coordinated , 2‐tooth‐coordinated UiO‐66‐Pyr can improve stability coor...

In this study, water stable zirconium metal-organic framework (UiO-66) has been synthesized and for the first time applied as an adsorbent to remove aquatic arsenic contamination. The as-synthesized UiO-66 adsorbent functions excellently across a broad pH range of 1 to 10, and achieves a remarkable arsenate uptake capacity of 303 mg/g at the optimal pH, i.e., pH = 2. To the best of our knowledg...

Colloidal dye-sensitized photocatalysis is a promising route toward efficient solar fuel production by merging properties of catalysis, support, light absorption, and electron mediation in one. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are host materials with modular building principles allowing scaffold property tailoring. Herein, we combine these two fields compare porous Zr-based MOFs UiO-66-NH2(Zr) U...

It is desirable to develop highly efficient and sustainable catalytic systems for CO2 photoreduction using heterogeneous photosensitizers (PSs); however, this remains a great challenge. In study, we doped [Ru(bpy)3]2+ into UiO-metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) facilitate the separation reuse of noble metal PS. By simply adjusting loading amount, series photoactive MOFs, namely, UiO-Ru-1, UiO-Ru-2...

Radioactive I2 (iodine) produced as a by-product of nuclear fission poses risk to public health if released into the environment, and it is thus vital develop materials that can capture vapour. Materials designed for storage must have high uptake capacity be stable long-term due long half-life 129I. UiO-66 highly readily tuneable metal-organic framework (MOF) which defect sites introduced. Here...