Selective incorporation of auxiliary organic ligands in metal-organic frameworks based on twisted Π-shaped building blocks

  • Hua Tian
  • , Kun Wang
  • , Qin Xiang Jia
  • , Qian Sun
  • , Yu Ma
  • , En Qing Gao*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Hydrothermal reactions of Cu(II) salts and 2,2′,4,4′- biphenyltetracarboxylic acid (2,2′,4,4′-H4bptc) in the presence of pyridyl ligands yielded three isomorphous 3D metal-organic coordination polymers formulated as [Cu2(2,2′,4,4′-bptc) (L)x]•H2O [x = 2 for L = pyridine; x = 1 for L = bis(4-pyridyl)ethene and bis(4-pyridyl)ethane]. In the structure, the distorted paddlewheel [Cu2(COO)4] motif and the twisted Π-shaped 2,2′,4,4′-bptc serve as dissimilar 4-connected SBUs to generate a 3D [Cu2(2,2′,4,4′-bptc)] mother framework with the PtS topology, which selectively accommodates pyridine or bis(pyridyl) ligands of appropriate size.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5167-5170
Number of pages4
JournalCrystal Growth and Design
Volume11
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Dec 2011

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