Ligand flexibility and framework rearrangement in a new family of porous metal-organic frameworks

Chem Commun (Camb). 2007 Apr 21:(15):1532-4. doi: 10.1039/b618796j. Epub 2007 Mar 19.

Authors

Samuel M Hawxwell¹, Guillermo Mínguez Espallargas, Darren Bradshaw, Matthew J Rosseinsky, Timothy J Prior, Alastair J Florence, Jacco van de Streek, Lee Brammer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Brook Hill, Sheffield, UK.

PMID: 17406698
DOI: 10.1039/b618796j

Abstract

Ligand flexibility permits framework rearrangement upon evacuation and gas uptake in a new family of porous MOFs.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Crystallography, X-Ray
Ligands
Molecular Conformation
Molecular Structure
Organometallic Compounds / chemical synthesis*
Organometallic Compounds / chemistry
Pliability
Porosity
Potassium / chemistry
Zinc / chemistry

Substances

Ligands
Organometallic Compounds
Zinc
Potassium