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Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 1692 - 1694, DOI: 10.1039/b921118g

Micro and mesoporous metal–organic frameworks for catalysis applications

Praveen K. Thallapally, Carlos A. Fernandez, Radha Kishan Motkuri, Satish K. Nune, Jun Liu and Charles H. F. Peden

Micro and mesoporous metal–organic frameworks were synthesized using a single tetrahedral building block and their catalytic properties towards alkylation of toluene and biphenyl showed high selectivity for the para oriented product using these porous materials.

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