Chungbuk National University

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Chemistry

Development of Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalysts using Chiral Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)

Jeehwan Han^*1, Seongwoo Kim^*2, Mi Sun Lee¹, Min Kim², Nakcheol Jeong¹

¹Department of Chemistry, Korea University, ²Department of Chemistry and BK21Plus Research Team, Chungbuk National University

Here, we present a protocol for active site validation of metal-organic framework catalysts by comparing stoichiometric and catalytic carbonyl-ene reactions to find out whether a reaction takes place on the inner or outer surface of metal-organic frameworks.

Chemistry

Synthesis of Triazole and Tetrazole-Functionalized Zr-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks Through Post-Synthetic Ligand Exchange

Sangho Lee^*1, Daeyeon Lee^*1, Jin Yeong Kim², Min Kim¹

¹Department of Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, ²Department of Chemistry Education, Seoul National University

Post-synthetic ligand exchange (PSE) is a versatile and powerful tool for installing functional groups into metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Exposing MOFs to solutions containing triazole- and tetrazole-functionalized ligands can incorporate these heterocyclic moieties into Zr-MOFs through PSE processes.