Biomimetic catalysts based on metalloporphyrin MOFs

Abstract

During the past years, a great effort has been devoted to the anchoring of catalysts into MOFs in order to achieve heterogeneous catalysts. In this sense, an innovative approach consists on using metalloporphyrins as coordination-network synthons mimicking their natural catalytic activity in order to reproduce it in the solid state. The work herein presented explores the activity of μ-O-[FeTCPP]2·nDMF (TCPP= meso-tetracarboxyphenylporphyrin; n≈16) and [CoTPPS0.5(bipy)(H2O)2]·6H2O (TPPS= meso-tetrasulfonatophenylporphyrin, bipy= 4,4´-bipyridine) compounds as heterogeneous catalysts on oxidation and acetylation reactions of different organic substrates.