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Title: Recent Developments in C–H Activation for Materials Science in the Center for Selective C–H Activation
Award ID(s):
1700982
NSF-PAR ID:
10058362
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Molecules
Volume:
23
Issue:
4
ISSN:
1420-3049
Page Range / eLocation ID:
922
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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  1. Abstract

    Described for the first time is that carbon dioxide (CO2) can be successfully inserted into aryl C−H bonds of the backbone of a metal–organic framework (MOF) to generate free carboxylate groups, which serve as Brønsted acid sites for efficiently catalyzing the methanolysis of epoxides. The work delineates the very first example of utilizing CO2for heterogeneous C−H activation and carboxylation reactions on MOFs, and opens a new avenue for CO2chemical transformations under mild reaction conditions.

     
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