A "strongly" self-catenated metal-organic framework with the highest topological density among 3,4-coordinated nets

Huiqing Ma; Di Sun; Liangliang Zhang; Rongming Wang; Vladislav A Blatov; Jie Guo; Daofeng Sun

doi:10.1021/ic4018757

A "strongly" self-catenated metal-organic framework with the highest topological density among 3,4-coordinated nets

Inorg Chem. 2013 Oct 7;52(19):10732-4. doi: 10.1021/ic4018757. Epub 2013 Sep 23.

Authors

Huiqing Ma¹, Di Sun, Liangliang Zhang, Rongming Wang, Vladislav A Blatov, Jie Guo, Daofeng Sun

Affiliation

¹ Key Lab for Colloid and Interface Chemistry of Education Ministry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Shandong University , Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 24060189
DOI: 10.1021/ic4018757

Abstract

A new type of 3D "strongly" self-catenated metal-organic framework (SDU-9) has been constructed from [Cu2(COO)4] paddlewheel secondary building units and a tripodal carboxylate linker. SDU-9 ([Cu6(H2O)6L4]·24H2O, where [H3L = 4,4',4"-(hydroxysilanetriyl)tris(triphenyl-4-carboxylic acid), represents a rare example of a highly symmetrical coordination network and extremely tight self-catenation. To the best of our knowledge, SDU-9 has the highest topological density among all known 3,4-coordinated nets.