Northwestern University

Casey J Stephenson

Omar K Farha

Joseph T Hupp

Yangyang Liu

M Hassan Beyzavi

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) having inorganic nodes that comprise an octahedral Hfcluster capped by eight &#x3bc;-ligands and having twelve octahedral edges, wherein the &#x3bc;-ligands are hydroxo ligands, oxo ligands or aquo ligands; and organic linkers connecting the organic nodes, the organic linkers comprising 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(p-benzoic acid)pyrene units; wherein eight of the twelve octahedral edges of the inorganic nodes are connected to the 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(p-benzoic acid)pyrene units are provided.

Hafnium-based metal-organic frameworks as epoxide ring-opening catalysts

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and method of using the MOFs to catalyze reactions involving epoxide ring-opening mechanisms are provided. The structure of the MOFs can be represented by the formula: M(&#x3bc;-ligand)(OH)(TBAPy), where M is Zr or Hf, the ligands are selected from hydroxo-, oxo- and aquo-ligands, and x is independently selected from 1 or 2.

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Casey J Stephenson