Metalorganic frameworks

Mueller, U., Schubcrl, M., Teich, R, Puetter, H., Schierle-Arndt, K., and Pastre, J. 2006. Metalorganic frameworks-prospective industrial applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry 16, 626—636. 

To build homochiral porous metalorganic structures with tuneable pore sizes some authors used camphorate or L-lactic acid as chiral linkers. The strategy consists in the utilization of two organic ligands, one of them (camphorate or L-lactic acid) bearing asymmetric centres, while another acts as a rigid spacer to insure the porosity of the metalorganic framework. 

Chen L, Chen H, Luque R, Li Y. Metalorganic framework encapsulated Pd nanoparticles towards advanced heterogeneous catalysts. ChemSci 2014 5 3708-14. 

Zhang Y, Degirmenci V, Li C, Hensen ElM. Phosphotungstic acid encapsulated in metalorganic framework as catalysts for carbohydrate dehydration to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural. Chem Sus Chem 2011 4 59-64. 

Ma F-J, Liu S-X, Sun CY, Liang DD, Ren G-1, Wei F, et al. A sodalite-type porous metalorganic framework with polyoxometalate templates adsorption and decomposition of dimethyl methylphosphonate. 1 Am Chem Soc 2011 133 4178-81. 

M. Schubert, U. Mueller, and C. Kiener (BASF), Preparation of aluminum-containing porous metalorganic framework materials and their use, WO 2008142059, 2008. 

Very recently, Fedin, Kim and colleagues synthesized a homochiral metalorganic polymeric material, [Zn2(bdc)(L-lac)(dmf)] (DMF) (36), by using a one-pot solvothermal reaction of Zn(NO3)2, L-lactic acid (L-H2lac) and 1,4-benzenedicarbox-ylic acid (H2bdc) in DMF [53]. This 3-D homochiral microporous framework exhibited permanent porosity and enantioselective host-guest sorption properties towards several substituted thioether oxides. Although 36 could catalyze the oxidation of thioethers to sulfoxides with size and chemoselectivity, no asymmetric induction was observed. 

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