A series of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) based on trimesic acid (also knows benzene tricarboxylic acid [btc]) have been synthesized by a solvothermal procedure which exhibit excellent catalytic fixation of CO₂. Cycloaddition of CO₂ to epoxides to produce cyclic carbonates is quite promising. The chemical fixation of CO₂ reported here is solvent free and carried out under moderately mild conditions. All the MOFs [Zn-btc (1), Co-btc (2), Ni-btc (3), and Cu-btc (4)] were synthesized under same experimental conditions yet possess different structural and catalytic properties. All the catalysts follow first-order kinetics, and Zn-btc (1) proved to be the most catalytically active catalyst among all, with ∼100% yield with a total turnover number of 18,845 mol⁻¹ and an initial turnover frequency (hour⁻¹) of 946 with respect to the cyclic carbonate. All MOFs (1–4) show almost 100% conversion in these reactions. The same reaction using other metal (Co, Ni, Cu)-btc compounds has also resulted in products with more than 94% yield, creating an extra impact on the importance of the work.

通过溶剂热法合成了一系列基于均苯三酸（也称为苯三羧酸[ btc ]）的金属有机骨架（MOF），这些骨架表现出出色的CO ₂催化固定性。CO ₂与环氧化物的环加成以产生环状碳酸酯是非常有前景的。此处报道的CO ₂的化学固定是无溶剂的，并且在中等温和的条件下进行。所有MOF [Zn- btc（1），Co- btc（2），Ni- btc（3）和Cu- btc（4）]在相同的实验条件下合成，但具有不同的结构和催化性能。所有催化剂均遵循一阶动力学，并且Zn - btc（1）被证明是所有催化剂中最具催化活性的催化剂，产率约100％，总周转数为18,845 mol ^-1  ，初始周转频率（小时^- 946关于环状碳酸酯的¹）。所有的MOF（1 - 4）示出了在这些反应中几乎100％的转化率。使用其他金属（Co，Ni，Cu）-btc化合物进行的相同反应也导致产品收率超过94％，这对这项工作的重要性产生了额外的影响。