Towards highly active and stable nickel-based metal–organic frameworks as ethylene oligomerization catalysts

The crucial impact of metal coordination on selectivity and leaching is elucidated by comparing MOFs constructed from different clusters and linkers.

Metal-Organic Frameworks for Thin-Layer Chromatographic Applications

Preparation of thin-layer chromatographic (TLC) plates based on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as porous stationary phases is described. DUT-67 (DUT = Dresden University of Technology), a zirconium based MOF, was used in combination with a fluorescent indicator as stationary phase for analyzing a small selection of a wide spectrum of relevant analytes. The successful separation of benzaldehyde from trans-cinnamaldehyde and 4-aminophenol from 2-aminotoluene is reported as a model system using optimized eluent mixtures containing acetic acid.

Amine assisted top-down delamination of the two-dimensional metal–organic framework Cu2(bdc)2

Two different strategies of amine assisted delamination of 2D MOFs were developed.

Proline functionalization of the mesoporous metal-organic framework DUT-32

The linker functionalization strategy was applied to incorporate proline moieties into a metal-organic framework (MOF). When 4,4'-biphenyldicarboxylic acid was replaced with a Boc-protected proline-functionalized linker (H(2)L) in the synthesis of DUT-32 (DUT = Dresden University of Technology), a highly porous enantiomerically pure MOF (DUT-32-NHProBoc) was obtained, as could be confirmed by enantioselective high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) measurements and solid-state NMR experiments. Isotope labeling of the chiral side group proline enabled highly sensitive one- and two-dimensional solid-state (13)C NMR experiments. For samples loaded with (S)-1-phenyl-2,2,2-trifluoroethanol [(S)-TFPE], the proline groups are shown to exhibit a lower mobility than that for (R)-TFPE-loaded samples. This indicates a preferred interaction of the shift agent (S)-TFPE with the chiral moieties. The high porosity of the compound is reflected by an exceptionally high ethyl cinnamate adsorption capacity. However, postsynthetic thermal deprotection of Boc-proline in the MOF leads to racemization of the chiral center, which was verified by stereoselective HPLC experiments and asymmetric catalysis of aldol addition.