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Instantaneous Hydrolysis of Nerve‐Agent Simulants with a Six‐Connected Zirconium‐Based Metal–Organic Framework
Author(s) -
Moon SuYoung,
Liu Yangyang,
Hupp Joseph T.,
Farha Omar K.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201502155
Subject(s) - hydrolysis , zirconium , reusability , metal organic framework , filtration (mathematics) , chemical engineering , catalysis , chemistry , materials science , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , computer science , adsorption , statistics , mathematics , software , engineering , programming language
A nerve‐agent simulant based on a phosphate ester is hydrolyzed using a MOF‐based catalyst. Suspensions of MOF‐808 (6‐connected), a material featuring 6‐connected zirconium nodes, display the highest hydrolysis rates among all MOFs that have been reported to date. A plug‐flow reactor was also prepared with MOF‐808 (6‐connected) as the active layer. Deployed in a simple filtration scheme, the reactor displayed high hydrolysis efficiency and reusability.