Natural enzyme mimetics with high catalytic activity at nearly neutral pH values are highly desired for their applications in biological systems. Herein for the first time a stable MOF, namely MOF-808, has been shown to possess high intrinsic peroxidase-like catalytic activity under acidic, neutral, and alkaline conditions. As a novel peroxidase mimetic, MOF-808 can effectively catalyze the oxidation of 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine when HO serves as oxidant, accompanied by a significant color variation in the solution. The catalytic activity and the color variation were greatly dependent on HO concentration, and thus MOF-808 can be applied to the colorimetric sensing of HO. The HO detection limit is 4.5 μM, and the linear range is 10 μM to 15 mM. In view of the significant inhibition effect produced by ascorbic acid, a facile and sensitive approach for colorimetric sensing of ascorbic acid was successfully established. The AA detection limit is 15 μM, and the linear range is 30-1030 μM. Further investigation found that the catalytic activity of MOF-808 could be mainly ascribed to the Zr-OH(OH) groups. Such active Zr-OH(OH) groups can be effectively shielded by gluconic acid, and subsequently the catalytic activity of MOF-808 was significantly suppressed. With these findings, a facile and selective colorimetric assay for glucose sensing has been successfully explored via combination of the glucose oxidation with the TMB oxidation. The glucose detection limit is 5.7 μM, and the linear range is 5.7-1700 μM. MOF-808 is one of the best colorimetric biosensors among the peroxidase mimics reported for HO, AA, and glucose detection.
A color change: X-ray-induced photochromic species are rare and can be used for detection of X-rays. A highly robust X-ray-sensitive material with the discrete structure of a metal-organic complex has been found to show both soft and hard X-ray-induced photochromism at room temperature. A new ligand-to-ligand electron-transfer mechanism was proposed to elucidate this photochromic phenomenon.
The restriction of
sulfur content in fuels has become increasingly
stringent as a result of the growing environmental concerns. Although
several MOF-derived materials like POM@MOF composites have shown the
ability to catalyze oxidative desulfurization (ODS), their catalytic
activities inevitably obstructed by the encapsulated catalytic sites
like POM due to the blockage of cavities. Therefore, MOFs with intrinsic
and accessible catalytic sites are highly desirable for their applications
in ultradeep ODS. Herein, four representative Zr-based MOFs (Zr-MOFs),
namely, UiO-66, UiO-67, NU-1000, and MOF-808, were assessed for catalytic
ODS. These MOFs were confirmed that they have peroxidase-like activity
and can catalyze ODS with H2O2 as oxidant. Among
them, MOF-808 showed the highest catalytic activity and it can fully
desulfurize dibenzothiophene (DBT) in a model gasoline with a S concentration
of 1000 ppm under 40 °C within 5 min. An extremely low apparent
Arrhenius activation energy (22.0 KJ·mol–1)
and an extraordinarily high TOF value (42.7 h–1)
were obtained, ranking MOF-808 among the best catalysts for the catalytic
DBT oxidation. Further studies confirmed that the excellent catalytic
activity is mainly responsible for the high concentration of the accessible
Zr-OH(H2O) catalytic sites decorated in MOF-808. The superoxide
radicals (•O2
–) and
hydroxyl radicals (•OH) were identified and were
proved to involve in the DBT oxidation. Besides, the effects of Brönsted
and lewis acidity to the catalytic efficiency were also discussed.
Based on the experimental results, a plausible mechanism concerning
on Zr-OH(H2O) groups promoting the H2O2 decomposion in to both •O2
– and •OH was first proposed. Moreover, MOF-808
can be facilely reused for at least eight runs without significant
loss of its catalytic activity. By the integration of facile synthesis,
high catalytic efficiency, and good stability, MOF-808 thus represents
a new benchmark catalyst for catalytic oxidative desulfurization.
A series of inorganic-organic hybrid compounds L(2)(Bi(2)Cl(10)) (L = HMV(2+) = N-proton-N'-methyl-4,4'-bipyridinium for 1, L = HBzV(2+) = N-proton-N'-benzyl-4,4'-bipyridinium for 2, and L = HPeV(2+) = N-proton-N'-phenethyl-4,4'-bipyridinium for 3) have been successfully synthesized by an in situ solvothermal reaction. Compounds 1-3, with the same metal halide as anions but different asymmetric viologen molecules as cations, are ideal model compounds for investigating the detailed effect of different photochromically active molecules on the photochromic properties of the hybrids. Compound 1 shows no photochromic behavior, but compounds 2 and 3 possess photochromism and show a faster photoresponse rate than other reported viologen metal halide hybrids. Studies on the relationship between the structure and photochromic behavior clearly reveal that π-conjugated substituents could be used to improve the photoresponsibility and enrich the developed color efficiently and that the π···π interaction among organic components may not only be a powerful factor to stabilize the viologen monocation radical but also act as the second path of electron transfer from the π-conjugated substituent to the viologen cation for the photochromic process, which significantly influences the photochromic properties.
Photochromism of N-methyl-4,4'-bipyridinium (MQ(+)) salts and their metal complexes has never been reported. A series of MQ(+) coordinated halozinc complexes [(MQ)ZnX(3)] (X = Cl (1), Br (2), I (3)) and [(MQ)ZnCl(1.53)I(1.47)](2)(MQ)ZnCl(1.68)I(1.32) (4), with better physicochemical stability than halide salts of the MQ(+) cation, have been found to exhibit different photochromic behaviors. Compounds 1-3 are isostructural, but only 1 and 2 show photochromism. Introduction of partial Cl atoms to nonphotochromic compound 3 yields compound 4, which also displays photochromism. The photochromic response of 1, 2, and 4 indicates the presence of their long-lived charge separation states, which originate from X → MQ(+) electron transfer according to ESR and XPS measurements. Studies on the influence of different coordinated halogen atoms demonstrate that the Cl atom may be a more suitable electron donor than Br and I atoms to design redox photochromic metal complexes.
Two new member of (V)((2n+2)/2)[Bi(2n)Cl(8n+2)] series hybrids, (BzV)2[Bi2Cl10] (1) and (BzV)5[Bi3Cl14]2·(C6H5CH2)2O (2) (where BzV(2+) = N,N'-dibenzyl-4,4'-bipyridinium and (C6H5CH2)2O = dibenzyl ether) have been obtained, and compound 2 contains an unprecedented discrete trimer [Bi3Cl14](5-) counterion. The novel in situ-synthesized symmetric viologen cation with aromatic groups on both sides of 4,4'-bipy would provide more opportunities to create π···π interactions to optimize the photochromic property of the hybrid, and different bismuthated-halide oligomers enable us to discuss the size effect in this series of compounds. Both 1 and 2 are photochromic, and their photoresponsive rate is faster than that of reported viologen-metal halide hybrids. Experimental and theoretical data illustrated that the size of the inorganic oligomer can significantly influence the photoresponsive rate of the viologen dication, and the π···π interaction behaves as not only a powerful factor to stabilize the viologen monocation radical but also the second electron-transfer pathway, from a π-conjugated substituent to a viologen cation, for the photochromic process.
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