New J. Chem., 2017, 41, 14409
Ionic liquid/metal–organic framework hybrid generated by ion-exchange reaction: synthesis and unique catalytic activity
Yohei Takashima, * Mai Yokoyama, Atsuto Horikoshi, Yasushi Sato, Takaaki Tsuruoka and Kensuke Akamatsu*
In this work, we succeeded for the first time in immobilizing an ionic liquid (IL) in a metal–organic framework (MOF) by using ion-exchange reactions. Interestingly, the resulting composites showed catalytic activities that were not observed with the original IL or the IL physically adsorbed on the MOF, implying that its ionic state was drastically changed upon immobilization.