Room-temperature acetylene hydration by a Hg(II)-laced metal-organic framework

Ka-Kit Yee, Yan-Lung Wong, Meiqin Zha, Ramesh Y. Adhikari, Mark T. Tuominen, Jun He, Zhengtao Xu*

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    Abstract

    Thiol (-SH) groups within a Zr(iv)-based metal-organic framework (MOF) anchor Hg(ii) atoms; oxidation by H2O2 then leads to acidic sulfonate functions for catalyzing acetylene hydration at room temperature.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)10941-10944
    JournalChemical Communications
    Volume51
    Issue number54
    Online published27 May 2015
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 11 Jul 2015

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