Catalysis in Confined Spaces of Metal Organic Frameworks

Abstract

The Cover Feature illustrates the product selectivity due to confinement in metal organic frameworks (MOFs). In their Minireview, A. Dhakshinamoorthy, A. M. Asiri and H. Garcia, have shown that shape selective catalysis arises from spatial constraints provided by MOF cavities while no such selectivity is observed with non‐porous solids. This Minireview is organized according to the nature of active sites covering a wide reaction range, including cyanosilylation, epoxide ring opening, Friedel‐Crafts alkylation, Knoevenagel condensation, olefin hydrogenation and oxidation of sulfur compounds. This work illustrates that product selectivity is highly influenced by effective pore engineering of MOFs. Credit Statement : The ZIF‐8 structure is by Claire L. Hobday et al. ( Nature Communications 2018, 9, 1429: Springer Nature) and is used under CC‐BY‐4.0 International License. Modifications to this figure include coloring. More information can be found in the Minireview by A. Dhakshinamoorthy, A. M. Asiri and H. Garcia.