Synthesis and catalytic study of open metal site metal-organic frameworks of Cu3(BTC)2 microbelts in selective organic sulfide oxidation

The synthesis of open metal site metal-organic frameworks of Cu-3(BTC)(2) with microbelt morphology and a study of the catalytic oxidation of organic sulfides are reported. This CuBTC was found to be an efficient, selective and waste-free green heterogeneous co-catalyst for the green H2O2 catalytic oxidation of sulfides. The catalyst can be isolated from the reaction mixture and reused at least five times. Copyright (C) 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.