3D metal-organic frameworks based on elongated tetracarboxylate building blocks for hydrogen storage

Inorg Chem. 2008 May 19;47(10):3955-7. doi: 10.1021/ic8003855. Epub 2008 Apr 17.

Abstract

Two 3D metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with a new biphenol-derived tetracarboxylate linker and Cu(II) and Zn(II) metal-connecting points were synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray crystallographic studies. The two isostructural MOFs exhibit distorted PtS network topology and show markedly different framework stability. The porosity and hydrogen uptake of the frameworks were determined by gas adsorption experiments.