Design of Lewis Pair Functionalized Metal Organic Frameworks for CO2 Reduction

We design functional moieties for CO₂ hydrogenation based on Lewis pairs because these organic molecules have been shown to be very active for chemisorption of CO₂ and the heterolytic dissociation of H₂. We have developed a family of Lewis pair functional groups for inclusion in UiO-66 all based on 1-(difluoroboranyl)-4-methyl-1H-pyrazole.