A highly stable and hierarchical tetrathiafulvalene-based metal–organic framework with improved performance as a solid catalyst† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. CCDC 1579606 (MUV-2). For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c7sc04829g

A highly stable Metal–Organic Framework with a hierarchical structure based on the Fe 3 O cluster and a TTF-based ligand is presented. Herein we report the synthesis of a tetrathiafulvalene (TTF)-based MOF, namely MUV-2 , which shows a non-interpenetrated hierarchical crystal structure with mesoporous one-dimensional channels of ca. 3 nm and orthogonal microporous channels of ca. 1 nm. This highly stable MOF (aqueous solution with pH values ranging from 2 to 11 and different organic solvents), which possesses the well-known [Fe 3 (μ 3 -O)(COO) 6 ] secondary building unit, has proven to be an efficient catalyst for the aerobic oxidation of dibenzothiophenes.