Metal organic frameworks as solid acid catalysts for acetalization of aldehydes with methanol

A Dhakshinamoorthy, M Alvaro…

Index: Dhakshinamoorthy, Amarajothi; Alvaro, Mercedes; Garcia, Hermenegildo Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2010 , vol. 352, # 17 p. 3022 - 3030

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Abstract

Abstract Room temperature acetalization of aldehydes with methanol has been carried out using metal organic frameworks (MOFs) as solid heterogeneous catalysts. Of the MOFs tested, a copper-containing MOF [Cu 3 (BTC) 2](BTC= 1, 3, 5-benzenetricarboxylate) showed better catalytic activity than an iron-containing MOF [Fe (BTC)] and an aluminium containing MOF [Al 2 (BDC) 3](BDC= 1, 4-benzenedicarboxylate). The protocol was ...