Facile control of the charge density and photocatalytic activity of an anionic indium porphyrin framework via in situ metalation

J Am Chem Soc. 2014 Nov 12;136(45):15881-4. doi: 10.1021/ja5092672. Epub 2014 Oct 28.

Abstract

An anionic indium porphyrin framework (UNLPF-10) consisting of rare Williams β-tetrakaidecahedral cages was constructed using an octatopic ligand linked with 4-connected [In(COO)4](-) SBUs. Remarkably, the extent of indium metalation of porphyrin macrocycles in UNLPF-10 can be facilely tuned in situ depending on the M/L ratio during synthesis, resulting in a controllable framework charge density and photocatalytic activity toward the selective oxygenation of sulfides.