Combinatorial synthesis and characterization of metal-open frameworks in mild and friendly conditions: application to CO₂ adsorption

Comb Chem High Throughput Screen. 2012 Feb 1;15(2):152-60. doi: 10.2174/138620712798868329.

Abstract

Combinatorial screening using precipitation methods at room temperature can lead to a great diversity of carboxylate based Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) including already known or original porous solids. The investigation of the synthesis of MOFs in different solvent and solvent mixtures includes the use of solvents such as alcohols and tetrahydrofuran (THF) which would greatly facilitate large scale production. We also show the application of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and clustering techniques on large libraries of XRD diffraction files in order to identify classes of similar phases and peculiar phases. The combinatorial screening of 105 samples in the La/btc system has led to the identification of two phases which are solvent depending. On the La(btc) compound, the CO₂ adsorption measurements reveal a guest-host interactions as supported by XRD phase transformation upon thermal treatment. The mass transport can be assigned to a "single file diffusion" regime due to the one dimensional channel porous structure associated to small pore size.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Carbon Dioxide / chemistry*
  • Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques*
  • Copper / chemistry*
  • High-Throughput Screening Assays
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemical synthesis
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Principal Component Analysis
  • Surface Properties
  • Tricarboxylic Acids / chemistry*

Substances

  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Tricarboxylic Acids
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Copper