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Phosphonate‐Modified UiO‐66 Brønsted Acid Catalyst and Its Use in Dehydra‐Decyclization of 2‐Methyltetrahydrofuran to Pentadienes
Author(s) -
Dorneles de Mello Matheus,
Kumar Gaurav,
Tabassum Tarnuma,
Jain Sheetal K.,
Chen TsoHsuan,
Caratzoulas Stavros,
Li Xinyu,
Vlachos Dionisios G.,
Han SongiI,
Scott Susannah L.,
Dauenhauer Paul,
Tsapatsis Michael
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.202001332
Subject(s) - chemistry , catalysis , deprotonation , phosphonate , brønsted–lowry acid–base theory , selectivity , phosphoric acid , ligand (biochemistry) , inorganic chemistry , titration , organic chemistry , ion , biochemistry , receptor
Phosphorus‐modified all‐silica zeolites exhibit activity and selectivity in certain Brønsted acid catalyzed reactions for biomass conversion. In an effort to achieve similar performance with catalysts having well‐defined sites, we report the incorporation of Brønsted acidity to metal–organic frameworks with the UiO‐66 topology, achieved by attaching phosphonic acid to the 1,4‐benzenedicarboxylate ligand and using it to form UiO‐66‐PO 3 H 2 by post‐synthesis modification. Characterization reveals that UiO‐66‐PO 3 H 2 retains stability similar to UiO‐66, and exhibits weak Brønsted acidity, as demonstrated by titrations, alcohol dehydration, and dehydra‐decyclization of 2‐methyltetrahydrofuran (2‐MTHF). For the later reaction, the reported catalyst exhibits site‐time yields and selectivity approaching that of phosphoric acid on all‐silica zeolites. Using solid‐state NMR and deprotonation energy calculations, the chemical environments of P and the corresponding acidities are determined.