Sequential linker installation: precise placement of functional groups in multivariate metal-organic frameworks. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • A unique strategy, sequential linker installation (SLI), has been developed to construct multivariate MOFs with functional groups precisely positioned. PCN-700, a Zr-MOF with eight-connected Zr6O4(OH)8(H2O)4 clusters, has been judiciously designed; the Zr6 clusters in this MOF are arranged in such a fashion that, by replacement of terminal OH(-)/H2O ligands, subsequent insertion of linear dicarboxylate linkers is achieved. We demonstrate that linkers with distinct lengths and functionalities can be sequentially installed into PCN-700. Single-crystal to single-crystal transformation is realized so that the positions of the subsequently installed linkers are pinpointed via single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. This methodology provides a powerful tool to construct multivariate MOFs with precisely positioned functionalities in the desired proximity, which would otherwise be difficult to achieve.

published proceedings

  • J Am Chem Soc

altmetric score

  • 3.5

author list (cited authors)

  • Yuan, S., Lu, W., Chen, Y., Zhang, Q., Liu, T., Feng, D., ... Zhou, H.

citation count

  • 266

complete list of authors

  • Yuan, Shuai||Lu, Weigang||Chen, Ying-Pin||Zhang, Qiang||Liu, Tian-Fu||Feng, Dawei||Wang, Xuan||Qin, Junsheng||Zhou, Hong-Cai

publication date

  • March 2015