In a study on MOF catalysis, its has been mentioned that the nitrate form of the metal precursor gives good catalytic activity over other metal forms (like chloride, acetate or sulfate). Does the precursor metal forms influence the activity of a MOF (provided, similar kind of PXRD pattern obtained for same MOF prepared out of different metal form)
Metal nitrate can act both as metal as well as a ligand which makes it easy in the synthesis of metal organic compounds. It's preferred in MOF because of it ability to disolve in common solvent such as water, ethanol, methanol etc. Which it easier to be fused in to MOF structure
Mainly because of their solubility as compared to the resulting MOFs. In addition, nitrates are poorly coordinating agents and typically do not compete with the anions the MOF is expected to form from.
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