MOFs are an emerging class of solid-state materials built up from metal-based nodes and organic linkers. They exhibit permanent porosity and unprecedented surface areas which can be readily tuned through coordination chemistry at the inorganic node and organic chemistry at the linkers. As exemplified by many catalytic enzyme assemblies in nature, site-isolation is a powerful strategy for performing several catalytic reactions to synthesize complex molecules in an efficient way. MOFs provid an exciting platform for deploying different homogenous catalysts as building blocks. Importantly, the catalytically active moieties in these materials can be made in a site-isolated fashion and the cavities surrounding them can be engineered to conceptually mimic enzymes.

Catalytic metal-organic frameworks (MOFs): Design and preparation

249th National Meeting (2015)

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