Biomimetic Active Sites in Metal-Organic Framework Catalysts for Hydrocarbon Transformations

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dc.contributor.advisorBollini, Praveen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHarold, Michael P.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRimer, Jeffrey D.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberShaffer, Devin L.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberChiang, Hsu
dc.creatorHall, Jacklyn Noel
dc.creator.orcid0000-0003-4960-1344
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-15T01:48:49Z
dc.date.createdMay 2022
dc.date.issued2022-05-10
dc.date.updated2023-01-15T01:48:50Z
dc.description.abstractMetal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of crystalline materials featuring uniform distributions of inorganic nodes interconnected within well-defined organic porous environments. For applications in catalysis, the homogeneity of active centers attainable within MOFs enables achieving a level of clarity into structure-catalytic property relationships and reaction mechanisms beyond which can be realized in synthetic catalysts delimited by a high degree of heterogeneity in active site speciation – a feature of particular importance in the development of biomimetic catalysts. Herein, we demonstrate MIL-100 (MIL = Materials of Institut Lavoisier), a prototypical MOF featuring mixed-valent trinuclear metal nodes [M2+(M3+)2O], features an active site pool which is uniform in structure and catalytic performance. A combination of in-situ infrared spectroscopic characterization and probe molecule adsorption experiments with H2O, NO, and CO evidence the accessibility of the near theoretical density of coordinatively unsaturated divalent and trivalent open-metal sites within the Cr- and Fe-analogues of MIL-100 through facile thermal activation protocols (≤ 523 K, inert or vacuum). Furthermore, we demonstrate the activated catalysts effectuate the gas-phase stoichiometric oxidation of CH4 with N2O to partial oxygenates (methanol and acetaldehyde) through the involvement of every potentially available M2+ open-metal site. Carbon monoxide is applied as a reductant to further elucidate reaction steps that mediate redox turnovers with N2O over MIL-100. Transient, steady-state, and isotopic kinetic analyses provide novel insight into levers for tuning the kinetic relevance of specific reduction and oxidation elementary reaction steps through second-sphere coordination effects and identity of the active metal.
dc.description.departmentChemical and Biomolecular Engineering, William A. Brookshire Department of
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dc.identifier.citationPortions of this document appear in: Hall, J.N., Bollini, P., Quantification of Open-Metal Sites in Metal−Organic Frameworks Using Irreversible Water Adsorption, Langmuir 36 (2020) 1345-1356; and in: Hall, J.N., Bollini, P., Enabling Access to Reduced Open-Metal Sites in Metal-Organic Framework Materials through Choice of Anion Identity: The Case of MIL-100(Cr), ACS Materials Letters 2 (2020) 838-844; and in: Hall, J.N., Bollini, P., Low-Temperature, Ambient Pressure Oxidation of Methane to Methanol Over Every Tri-Iron Node in a Metal-Organic Framework Material, Chemistry – A European Journal 26 (2020) 16639-16643; and in: Hall, J.N., Bollini, P., Role of Metal Identity and Speciation in the Low-Temperature Oxidation of Methane over Tri-Metal Oxo Clusters, AIChE Journal 67 (2021) e17496; and in: Hall, J.N., Bollini, P., Metal-Organic Framework MIL-100 Catalyzed Acetalization of Benzaldehyde with Methanol: Lewis or Brønsted Acid Catalysis?, ACS Catalysis 10 (2020) 3750 – 3763).
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dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectMetal-organic frameworks
dc.subjectCatalysis
dc.titleBiomimetic Active Sites in Metal-Organic Framework Catalysts for Hydrocarbon Transformations
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thesis.degree.collegeCullen College of Engineering
thesis.degree.departmentChemical and Biomolecular Engineering, William A. Brookshire Department of
thesis.degree.disciplineChemical Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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