Dalton Transactions

MOFs as multifunctional catalysts: One-pot synthesis of menthol from citronellal over a bifunctional MIL-101 catalyst

FG Cirujano, FXL i Xamena, A Corma

Index: Cirujano; Llabres I Xamena; Corma Dalton Transactions, 2012 , vol. 41, # 14 p. 4249 - 4254

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Abstract

A bifunctional MOF catalyst containing coordinatively unsaturated Cr3+ sites and palladium nanoparticles (Pd@ MIL-101) has been used for the cyclization of citronellal to isopulegol and for the one-pot tandem isomerization/hydrogenation of citronellal to menthol. The MOF was found to be stable under the reaction conditions used, and the results obtained indicate that the performance of this bifunctional solid catalyst is comparable with other state-of-the ...