Atomically Precise Crystalline Materials Based on Kinetically Inert Metal Ions via Reticular Mechanopolymerization

The incorporation of kinetically inert metal ions as structural elements in crystalline coordination polymers is a synthetic challenge. While a small family of materials based on inert ions has been prepared (i.e. Cr(III)-based MIL-100, MIL-101, and [Ru6(btc)4Cl3]), general strategies that enable reticular synthesis have not been reported. Here we describe the mechanochemical synthesis of a reticular family of crystalline Ru2[II,III]-based materials by polymerization of molecular Ru2 complexes, featuring unprotected carboxylic acid substituents, with Cu(OAc)2. The resulting crystalline heterobimetallic MOFs are solid-solutions of Ru2 and Cu2 sites housed within [M3L2] phases. The developed mechanochemical strategy is modular and allows for control of the primary coordination sphere of the Ru2 sites. We anticipate the strategy will provide a rational approach to incorporation of kinetically inert ions in porous crystalline coordination networks, generating a class of atomically precise mixed-metal materials.

Gao, W., Sur, A., Wang, C., Lorzing, G. R., Antonio, A. M., Ezazi, A. A., ... Powers, D.

Gao, Wen-Yang||Sur, Aishanee||Wang, Chen-Hao||Lorzing, Gregory R||Antonio, Alexandra M||Ezazi, Andrew A||Bhuvanesh, Nattamai||Bloch, Eric D||Powers, David

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