Nitrogen-doped Carbon Derived from ZIF-8 as a High-performance Metal-free Catalyst for Acetylene Hydrochlorination.

Acetylene hydrochlorination is a major industrial technology for manufacturing vinyl chloride monomer in regions with abundant coal resources; however, it is plagued by the use of mercury(II) chloride catalyst. The development of a nonmercury catalyst has been extensively explored. Herein, we report a N-doped carbon catalyst derived from ZIF-8 with both high activity and quite good stability.

Structural diversity and magnetic properties of five copper-organic frameworks containing one-, two-, and three-types of organic ligands.

Five novel compounds {[Cu(CMA)]·0.8H(2)O}(n) (1), {[Cu(CMA)(bpy)(0.5)]·0.

3 D MOFs containing trigonal bipyramidal Ln5 clusters as nodes: large magnetocaloric effect and slow magnetic relaxation behavior.

Two 3D heterometal-organic frameworks based on infrequent trigonal bipyramidal Ln(5)  clusters as nodes were structurally and magnetically characterized (Ln=Gd (1), Dy (2)). The results indicate large MCE of up to 30.7 J kg(-1)  K(-1) in 1 and slow magnetic relaxation behavior in 2.