Postsynthetic modification of mixed-linker metal-organic frameworks for ethylene oligomerization

A series of mixed-linker metal-organic frameworks (Zn4O(BDC)(x)-(ABDC)(3-x)) has been synthesized, and then transformed into nickel catalysts for ethylene oligomerization through quantitative postsynthetic modification. These complexes were more manageable, more stable, and more economic than analogues of IRMOF-3(x = 0) by post-modification.