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CATALYSIS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 3, Issue 9, Pages 2311-2318Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3cy00272a
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In this work, the inclusion of free sulfonic acid groups in highly stable MOFs is explored. The synthesized catalysts have been applied in a model esterification reaction. Two metal organic frameworks bearing sulfonic acid moieties are investigated: HSO3-MIL-101(Cr) synthesized following different approaches and a new structure based on HSO3-bdc and Zr. The acidic properties, catalytic performance, deactivation and stability of the different structures are critically evaluated. In the case of MIL-101(Cr), deactivation of the sulfonic groups via formation of butanol sulfonic esters has been observed. Due to the strong interaction between -SO3- and the Cr open metal site where usually fluorine (F-) is located in the structure, the HSO3-MIL-101(Cr) catalysts are not stable under acidic regeneration conditions. When using Zr as a metal node, a new and stable sulfonic acid containing porous structure was synthesized. This structure showed high activity and full re-usability in the esterification of n-butanol with acetic acid. In this case, deactivation of the catalyst due to sulfonic ester formation could be reversed by reactivation under acidic conditions.
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