Magnesium Exchanged Zirconium Metal-Organic Frameworks with Improved Detoxification Properties of Nerve Agents.

, and metal-organic frameworks exhibit a differentiated reactivity toward [Mg(OMe)(MeOH)] related to their pore accessibility. Microporous remains unchanged while mesoporous and hierarchical micro/mesoporous materials yield doped systems containing exposed MgZrO(OH) clusters in the mesoporous cavities. This modification is responsible for a remarkable enhancement of the catalytic activity toward the hydrolytic degradation of P-F and P-S bonds of toxic nerve agents, at room temperature, in unbuffered aqueous solutions.