Organic Chemistry: Current Research
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Catalysis within metal-organic architectures

International Conference on Organic Chemistry

August 10-11, 2016 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Xu Jing

Dalian University of Technology, China

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Organic Chem Curr Res

Abstract :

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and Metal-organic polyhedra systems that constructed through the coordination of metal ions and organic linkers, represent a unique class of functional molecular containers that display interesting recognition properties and fascinating reactivity reminiscent of the natural enzymes. These architectures generating welldefined cavities provided specific inner environments for selective bonding of guest molecules and catalyzing their reactions. The great flexibility in terms of the molecular design and the potential benefits of integrating inorganic and organic components within a single composite make them interesting candidates for supramolecular catalytic chemical transformation. Yet only few "artificial enzymes" achieved the magnificent catalysis of natural enzymes. Most metal-organic cages don't constitute specific interactions capable of encapsulating guest molecules and catalyzing the reactions, due to the intrinsic difficulties on the producing guest-accessible sites inside the well-define spaces. Through incorporating amide-containing multidentate chelators within the ligand backbone, herein we reported the synthesis and catalytic properties of several metal- organic hosts to investigate the possibility in the application of molecular sensing and molecular flasks for enzymatic catalysis.

Biography :

Xu Jing has completed his PhD from Dalian University of Technology. He is an associate professor in college of chemistry and environmental science of Hebei University.

Email: jingxu3@126.com