Volume 49, Issue 44 pp. 8244-8248
Communication

Single-Crystal to Single-Crystal Cross-Linking of an Interpenetrating Chiral Metal–Organic Framework and Implications in Asymmetric Catalysis

Dr. Liqing Ma

Dr. Liqing Ma

Department of Chemistry, CB#3290, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (USA), Fax: (+1) 919-962-2388 http://www.chem.unc.edu/people/faculty/linw/wlindex.html

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Dr. Chuan-De Wu

Dr. Chuan-De Wu

Department of Chemistry, CB#3290, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (USA), Fax: (+1) 919-962-2388 http://www.chem.unc.edu/people/faculty/linw/wlindex.html

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Marcela M. Wanderley

Marcela M. Wanderley

Department of Chemistry, CB#3290, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (USA), Fax: (+1) 919-962-2388 http://www.chem.unc.edu/people/faculty/linw/wlindex.html

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Prof. Wenbin Lin

Prof. Wenbin Lin

Department of Chemistry, CB#3290, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (USA), Fax: (+1) 919-962-2388 http://www.chem.unc.edu/people/faculty/linw/wlindex.html

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First published: 21 September 2010
Citations: 160

We thank NSF (CHE-0809776) for financial support and Kathryn deKrafft and Dr. Banu Kesanli for experimental help.

Graphical Abstract

Support framework: Post-synthesis modification of an interpenetrating Zn-based chiral metal–organic framework with Ti(OiPr)4 results in a Lewis acidic catalyst (see picture; gray C, white H, red O, green Ti) with modest enantioselectivity in the asymmetric addition of diethylzinc to aldehydes. The Ti(OiPr)4-treated framework contains single-crystal to single-crystal cross-linking of the two interpenetrating networks.

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