Use of a "Shoe-Last" Solid-State Template in the Mechanochemical Synthesis of High-Porosity RHO-Zinc Imidazolate

Ivana Brekalo; Christopher M Kane; Amanda N Ley; Joseph R Ramirez; Tomislav Friščić; K Travis Holman

doi:10.1021/jacs.8b05471

Use of a "Shoe-Last" Solid-State Template in the Mechanochemical Synthesis of High-Porosity RHO-Zinc Imidazolate

J Am Chem Soc. 2018 Aug 15;140(32):10104-10108. doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b05471. Epub 2018 Aug 6.

Authors

Ivana Brekalo¹, Christopher M Kane¹, Amanda N Ley¹, Joseph R Ramirez¹, Tomislav Friščić², K Travis Holman¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry , Georgetown University , Washington , D.C. 20057 , United States.
² Department of Chemistry , McGill University , Montreal , QC H3A 0B8 , Canada.

PMID: 30067336
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b05471

Abstract

We report the first use of a nonionic solid (NIS) as a template in mechanosynthesis of a metal-organic framework. Through eight intermolecular C-H···O hydrogen bonds, the macrocyclic MeMeCH₂ template predictably functions as a "shoe-last" for the assembly of double-eight rings in the liquid-assisted reaction of ZnO and imidazole (ImH). The resulting new form of ZnIm₂ (namely xMeMeCH₂@RHO-Zn₁₆Im₃₂) is available in multigram amounts, highly porous, and thermally stable.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't