Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Postsynthetic Modification of a Metal-Organic Framework via Ozonolysis

Albalad J; Xu H; Gandara F; Haouas M; Martineau-Corcos C; Mas-Balleste R; Barnett SA; Juanhuix J; Imaz I; Maspoch D

Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.140, No.6, 2028-2031, 2018

Albalad J, Xu H, Gandara F, Haouas M, Martineau-Corcos C, Mas-Balleste R, Barnett SA, Juanhuix J, Imaz I, Maspoch D

We describe solid gas phase, single-crystal to-single-crystal, postsynthetic modifications of a metal organic framework (MOF). Using ozone, we quantitatively transformed the olefin groups of a UiO-66-type MOF into 1,2,4-trioxolane rings, which we then selectively converted into either aldehydes or carboxylic acids.