Tandem catalysis with a bifunctional site-isolated Lewis acid–Br?nsted base metal–organic framework, NH2-MIL-101(Al)?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2012-10-22 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC36678A

Abstract

A metal–organic framework (MOF), NH2-MIL-101(Al), which acts as a bifunctional, site-isolated Lewis acid–Br?nsted base heterogeneous catalyst, catalyzes a tandem Meinwald rearrangement–Knoevenagel condensation reaction with remarkable substrate selectivity.

Graphical abstract: Tandem catalysis with a bifunctional site-isolated Lewis acid–Br?nsted base metal–organic framework, NH2-MIL-101(Al)
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