Porous
and Robust Lanthanide Metal-Organoboron Frameworks
as Water Tolerant Lewis Acid Catalysts
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Abstract
Porous and robust 12-connected metal–organic
frameworks
(MOFs) were constructed by linking tetranuclear lanthanide (Ln) carbonate
clusters with organoboron-derived tricarboxylate bridging ligands.
The high-connectivity Ln-MOFs feature remarkable thermal and hydrolytic
stability and a large number of isolated Lewis acid B(III) and Ln(III)
sites on the pore surfaces. The Nd-MOF assisted with sodium dodecylsulfate
was found to be highly effective, recyclable, and reusable heterogeneous
catalyst for the carbonyl allylation reaction, the Diels–Alder
reaction, and the Strecker-type reaction in water. The transformations
were cocatalyzed by Nd(III) and B(III) Lewis acids, with activities
much higher than those of the individual organoboron and lanthanide
counterparts and their mixture. This work highlights the potential
of generating highly efficient water-tolerant solid catalysts via
heterogenization of different weak and/or mild Lewis acids in confined
spaces of robust MOFs