Control of vertex geometry, structure dimensionality, functionality, and pore metrics in the reticular synthesis of crystalline metal-organic frameworks and polyhedra

Hiroyasu Furukawa; Jaheon Kim; Nathan W Ockwig; Michael O'Keeffe; Omar M Yaghi

doi:10.1021/ja803783c

Control of vertex geometry, structure dimensionality, functionality, and pore metrics in the reticular synthesis of crystalline metal-organic frameworks and polyhedra

J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Sep 3;130(35):11650-61. doi: 10.1021/ja803783c. Epub 2008 Aug 9.

Authors

Hiroyasu Furukawa¹, Jaheon Kim, Nathan W Ockwig, Michael O'Keeffe, Omar M Yaghi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Reticular Chemistry at the California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, USA. furukawa@chem.ucla.edu

PMID: 18693690
DOI: 10.1021/ja803783c

Abstract

Metal-organic polyhedra and frameworks (MOPs and MOFs) were prepared by linking square units M2(CO2)4 (M = Cu and Zn) with a variety of organic linkers designed to control the dimensionality (periodicity) and topology of the resulting structures. We describe the preparation, characterization, and crystal structures of 5 new MOPs and 11 new MOFs (termed MOP-14, -15, -17, -23, -24 and MOF-114, -115, -116, -117, -118, -119, -222, -601, -602, -603, -604) and show how their structures are related to the shape and functionality of the building blocks. The gas uptake behaviors of MOP-23 and MOF-601 to -603 are also presented as evidence that these structures have permanent porosity and rigid architectures.