Expanding applications of copper-based metal-organic frameworks in catalysis: Oxidative C-O coupling by direct C-H activation of ethers over Cu2(BPDC)2(BPY) as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst

The metal-organic framework Cu2(BPDC)2(BPY) exhibited high catalytic activity in the copper-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenative coupling reaction of ethers with 2-carbonyl-substituted phenols.122