Two Stable Heterometal‐MOFs as Highly Efficient and Recyclable Catalysts in the CO₂ Coupling Reaction with Aziridines

Abstract

Abstract Two stable heterometal‐organic frameworks, {Na[LnCo(DATP) 2 (Ac)(H 2 O)](NO 3 )⋅DMA⋅11 H 2 O} n (Ln=Er( 1 ) and Yb( 2 )), have been prepared with H 2 DATP (4′‐(3,5‐dicarboxyphenyl)‐2,2′:6′,2′′′‐terpyridine) as organic building block. These two isostructural compounds featuring two‐dimensional layer architectures possess outstanding thermal stabilities and excellent chemical stabilities in common organic solvents and different acid/base solutions with pH range changing from 1 to 13. Moreover, compounds 1 and 2 serving as heterogeneous catalysts can efficiently catalyse the CO 2 fixation reaction with various aziridines to result in corresponding oxazolidinones at 70 °C. Importantly, a good recyclable performance of 1 for at least 10 cycles is observed based on the experimental results, which are further confirmed by PXRD, TGA and ICP analyses.