Urea postmodified in a metal–organic framework as a catalytically active hydrogen-bond-donating heterogeneous catalyst

Xiaowu Dong, Tao Liu, Yongzhou Hu, Xin‐Yuan Liu, Chi‐Ming Che

Chemical Communications · 2013 · 112 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

New functionally diverse urea-derived MOF hydrogen-bond-donating heterogeneous catalysts were achieved via postsynthetic modification, which exhibit excellent catalytic activity and very broad substrate scopes for the Friedel-Crafts alkylation reactions.

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