Pt Nanoclusters Confined within Metal–Organic Framework Cavities for Chemoselective Cinnamaldehyde Hydrogenation

• Published in: ACS catalysis Vol. 4; no. 5; pp. 1340 - 1348
• Main Authors: Guo, Zhiyong, Xiao, Chaoxian, Maligal-Ganesh, Raghu V, Zhou, Lin, Goh, Tian Wei, Li, Xinle, Tesfagaber, Daniel, Thiel, Andrew, Huang, Wenyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 02.05.2014
• Subjects: chemoselectivity; cinnamaldehyde hydrogenation; nanoclusters; heterogeneous catalysis; metal−organic frameworks

A highly selective and robust catalyst based on Pt nanoclusters (NCs) confined inside the cavities of an amino-functionalized Zr-terephthalate metal–organic framework (MOF), UiO-66-NH2 was developed. The Pt NCs are monodisperse and confined in the cavities of UiO-66-NH2 even at 10.7 wt % Pt loading....