Isomer of linker for NU-1000 yields a new she-type, catalytic, and hierarchically porous, Zr-based metal-organic framework

Zhiyong Lu; Rui Wang; Yijun Liao; Omar K Farha; Wentuan Bi; Thomas R Sheridan; Kun Zhang; Jiaxin Duan; Jian Liu; Joseph T Hupp

doi:10.1039/d0cc07974j

Isomer of linker for NU-1000 yields a new she-type, catalytic, and hierarchically porous, Zr-based metal-organic framework

Chem Commun (Camb). 2021 Apr 14;57(29):3571-3574. doi: 10.1039/d0cc07974j. Epub 2021 Mar 11.

Authors

Zhiyong Lu¹, Rui Wang, Yijun Liao, Omar K Farha, Wentuan Bi, Thomas R Sheridan, Kun Zhang, Jiaxin Duan, Jian Liu, Joseph T Hupp

Affiliation

¹ College of Mechanics and Materials, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China. johnlook1987@gmail.com.

PMID: 33704273
DOI: 10.1039/d0cc07974j

Abstract

The well-known MOF (metal-organic framework) linker tetrakis(p-benzoate)pyrene (TBAPy^4-) lacks steric hindrance between its benzoates. Changing the 1,3,6,8-siting of benzoates in TBAPy^4- to 4,5,9,10-siting introduces substantial steric hindrance and, in turn, enables the synthesis of a new hierarchically porous, she-type MOF Zr₆(μ₃-O)₄(μ₃-OH)₄(C₆H₅COO)₃(COO)₃(TBAPy-2)_3/2 (NU-601), where TBAPy-2^4- is the 4,5,9,10 isomer of TBAPy^4-. NU-601 shows high catalytic activity for degradative hydrolysis of a simulant for G-type fluoro-phosphorus nerve agents.