Archive | 2021
Metal-organic frameworks as chemical reaction flask
Abstract
Abstract This chapter embraces the applications of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) used for different kinds of reactions in chemistry. These entities belong to a class where organic and inorganic are combined to generate hybrid materials having crystalline porous structure, well-defined geometry for various catalytical and industrial applications. Such materials are simply recyclable and reusable for required times like a reaction flask for concurrent trials. Distinctive defining attributes of MOFs include their tunable size, catalytic centers with open as well as bifunctional acidic and basic metallic sites, large surface area, adjustable structure, and high porosity and periodic order. Apart from this, these materials are allowed to do variations in their scopes and features by not doing any alteration in topology. This feature enhances their applicability in the field of redesigning molecules having greater absorbency with smaller density. Such materials also possess unique thermal and chemical stability that makes them amenable for functionalized synthetic inorganic–organic hybrids. The high surface area and remarkable structural flexibility of these hybrid materials make them promising candidates for gas storage, separation, activation of hydrogen, methane, and water-like molecules, monitoring the catalytically process of organic synthesis, drug delivery, biomedical imaging, as well as ionic conduction. In this chapter, we present an account of such materials’ applicability in various chemical reactions.