An electron rich porous metal–organic framework (MOF) has been synthesized, which acts as an effective heterogeneous catalyst for Diels–Alder reactions through encapsulation of the reactants in confined nano-channels of the framework. {\textcopyright} 2013 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

Bappaditya Gole

Chemistry

(SoNS) School of Natural Sciences

Arun Bar Kumar

Arijit Mallick

Rahul Banerjee

Partha Mukherjee Sarathi

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An electron rich porous extended framework as a heterogeneous catalyst for diels–alder reactions