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Highly catalytic metal–organic framework coating enabled by liquid superwetting and confinement

Show Author's Information Bo Yi1,§,  Yan-Lung Wong1,§,  Kedi Li2,  Changshun Hou1,  Tengrui Ma2,  Zhengtao Xu3( ),  Xi Yao1,4( )
Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Singapore
City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 518057, China

§ Bo Yi and Yan-Lung Wong contributed equally to this work.

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postsynthetic modification, hydrogen bonding, metal–organic framework, superwetting, liquid confinement
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Yi B, Wong Y-L, Li K, et al. Highly catalytic metal–organic framework coating enabled by liquid superwetting and confinement. Nano Research, 2023, 16(5): 7716-7723. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-5271-9
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In this work, we report that high catalytic performance of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) can be obtained through a synergistic effect of postsynthetic modification of MOF nanoparticles and liquid superwetting and confinement in the MOF coating. Specifically, 2-ureido-4[1H]pyrimidinone (UPy) functionalized polysiloxanes were covalently appended onto the UiO-66 nanoparticles via a postsynthetic approach, which were further anchored onto different porous films through multivalent hydrogen bonding of the UPy motifs. The hydrophobic MOF coating can preserve the porosity of the solid substrates, and enable rapid liquid superwetting and confinement within the porous substrates. Using the Knoevenagel condensation as a modeled system, robust and highly catalytic performances of the MOF coating were observed on a range of aldehyde substrates. Gram-scale production of chromene, a pharmaceutical which is typically synthesized via expensive catalysis, was successfully demonstrated on the MOF coating with high yielding rates, demonstrating the great potential of the MOF coating in pharmaceutical synthesis.


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Highly catalytic metal–organic framework coating enabled by liquid superwetting and confinement

Show Author's information Bo Yi1,§, Yan-Lung Wong1,§, Kedi Li2, Changshun Hou1, Tengrui Ma2, Zhengtao Xu3( ), Xi Yao1,4( )
Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Singapore
City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 518057, China

§ Bo Yi and Yan-Lung Wong contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

In this work, we report that high catalytic performance of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) can be obtained through a synergistic effect of postsynthetic modification of MOF nanoparticles and liquid superwetting and confinement in the MOF coating. Specifically, 2-ureido-4[1H]pyrimidinone (UPy) functionalized polysiloxanes were covalently appended onto the UiO-66 nanoparticles via a postsynthetic approach, which were further anchored onto different porous films through multivalent hydrogen bonding of the UPy motifs. The hydrophobic MOF coating can preserve the porosity of the solid substrates, and enable rapid liquid superwetting and confinement within the porous substrates. Using the Knoevenagel condensation as a modeled system, robust and highly catalytic performances of the MOF coating were observed on a range of aldehyde substrates. Gram-scale production of chromene, a pharmaceutical which is typically synthesized via expensive catalysis, was successfully demonstrated on the MOF coating with high yielding rates, demonstrating the great potential of the MOF coating in pharmaceutical synthesis.

Keywords: postsynthetic modification, hydrogen bonding, metal–organic framework, superwetting, liquid confinement

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Received: 05 September 2022
Revised: 24 October 2022
Accepted: 31 October 2022
Published: 29 December 2022
Issue date: May 2023

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Acknowledgements

X. Y. acknowledges the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong (Nos. 11305219 and 11307220), CityU Applied Research Grant (ARG, No. 9667203), and Shenzhen Basic Research Program (No. JCYJ20210324134009024). Z. X. acknowledges a Shenzhen-HK-Macau Science and Technology Grant (type C; No. SGDX2020110309300301) from the Science, Technology, and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality.

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