Metal-Organic Frameworks for Catalysis

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a relatively new class of porous material, which are comprised of metal ions or clusters linked with poly-functional organic molecules. MOFs have been studied increasingly for heterogeneous catalysis applications because these hybrid materials have well-ordered tunable porous structures with exceptional textural properties and introduction of additional active sites can be carried out easily by relatively simple post-synthesis functionalization. This short review focuses on recent works on liquid phase catalytic reactions carried out over selected MOFs. The MOF membranes for catalysis and the potential of functionalized MOF materials for chiral reactions are also mentioned briefly.