Thermally activated bipyridyl-based Mn-MOFs with Lewis acid–base bifunctional sites for highly efficient catalytic cycloaddition of CO2 with epoxides and Knoevenagel condensation reactions

A bipyridyl-based Mn 2+ -organic framework was synthesized. Activated Mn-MOF- 1 could serve as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the cycloaddition of CO 2 with epoxides and Knoevenagel condensation reactions.