Engineering the Environment of a Catalytic Metal–Organic Framework by Postsynthetic Hydrophobization

Repel without a pause: A new metal–organic framework (MOF), the substituted imidazolate material SIM-1, is easily converted into the very hydrophobic SIM-2(C12) by post-synthetic modification with long alkyl chains. The new water-repellent MOF shows the highest catalytic activity ever found for a MOF in the Knoevenagel condensation. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.