Self-Assembled Microporous M-HOFs Based on an Octahedral Rhenium Cluster with Benzimidazole

Dmitry I Konovalov; Anton A Ivanov; Yuri A Vorotnikov; Natalia V Kuratieva; Ilia V Eltsov; Konstantin A Kovalenko; Michael A Shestopalov

doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01771

Self-Assembled Microporous M-HOFs Based on an Octahedral Rhenium Cluster with Benzimidazole

Inorg Chem. 2021 Oct 4;60(19):14687-14696. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01771. Epub 2021 Sep 13.

Authors

Dmitry I Konovalov¹, Anton A Ivanov¹, Yuri A Vorotnikov¹, Natalia V Kuratieva¹, Ilia V Eltsov², Konstantin A Kovalenko¹, Michael A Shestopalov¹

Affiliations

¹ Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, 3 Acad. Lavrentiev Avenue, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation.
² Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova Street, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation.

PMID: 34516105
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01771

Abstract

Substitution of apical halide ligands in [{Re₆Seⁱ₈}X^a₆]^3- (X = Cl, Br) by benzimidazole (bimzH) accompanied by a self-assembly process leads to the formation of microporous Re₆-based hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (Re₆-HOFs) constructed on N-H···X hydrogen bonds and π-π-stacking interactions between bimzH ligands. Re₆-HOFs demonstrate sorption properties with a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area of up to 443 m² g^-1 and luminescence with a quantum yield and an emission lifetime of up to 0.16 and 16 μs, respectively. The compounds obtained complement small groups of transition-metal cluster-based HOFs, which are a perspective for the development of multifunctional frameworks.