A porous metal-organic framework with helical chain building units exhibiting facile transition from micro- to meso-porosity

Jinhee Park; Jian-Rong Li; E Carolina Sañudo; Daqiang Yuan; Hong-Cai Zhou

doi:10.1039/c1cc16261f

A porous metal-organic framework with helical chain building units exhibiting facile transition from micro- to meso-porosity

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Jan 21;48(6):883-5. doi: 10.1039/c1cc16261f. Epub 2011 Dec 2.

Authors

Jinhee Park¹, Jian-Rong Li, E Carolina Sañudo, Daqiang Yuan, Hong-Cai Zhou

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77842-3012, USA.

PMID: 22138820
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc16261f

Abstract

A metal-organic framework (MOF) with helical channels has been constructed by bridging helical chain secondary building units with 2,6-di-p-carboxyphenyl-4,4'-bipyridine ligands. The activated MOF shows permanent porosity and gas adsorption selectivity. Remarkably, the MOF exhibits a facile transition from micro- to meso-porosity.