Zn(ii) porphyrin based nano-/microscale metal–organic frameworks: morphology dependent sensitization and photocatalytic oxathiolane deprotection†
Abstract
With Zn(II) porphyrin as a building block, nano-/microscale MOFs with different morphologies were synthesized as sensitizers for O2 (forming 1O2). The sensitization efficiency was observed to enhance remarkably with the decrease of morphological dimension of the sample. With high sensitization ability, the one-dimensional MOF could selectively photocatalyze the deprotection of oxathiolanes to ketones.