Bart Bueken

Thermal Defect Engineering of Precious Group Metal-Organic Frameworks: Impact on the Catalytic Cyclopropanation Reaction We report on the engineering of defects in precious group metal (PGM)-based HKUST-1 (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) analogues (RhII,II, RuII,II, RuII,III) and the ramification on the catalytic activity by using the cyclopropanation of styrene with ethyl diazoacetate (EDA) as analytical probe to investigate complex metal-organic framework (MOF) structures.

Network topology and cavity confinement-controlled diastereoselectivity in cyclopropanation reactions catalyzed by porphyrin-based MOFs In this work, we show that the stereoselectivity of a reaction can be controlled by directing groups of substrates, by network topology and by local cavity confinement of metal-organic framework (MOF) catalysts.

Phenolics isolation from bio-oil using the metal-organic framework MIL-53(Al) as highly selective adsorbent By using flexible metal organic frameworks such as MIL-53(Al), the selective uptake of 4-methylguaiacol was achieved from a simulated bio-oil (40 wt%). Similar high uptake capacity of phenolics (27 wt%) was observed from a real pyrolysis bio-oil, with good selectivity towards a variety of phenolics, e.g. guaiacol, 4-methylguaiacol and catechol.