Stabilization of metal-organic frameworks with high surface areas by the incorporation of mesocavities with microwindows

Dan Zhao; Daqiang Yuan; Daofeng Sun; Hong-Cai Zhou

doi:10.1021/ja901109t

Stabilization of metal-organic frameworks with high surface areas by the incorporation of mesocavities with microwindows

J Am Chem Soc. 2009 Jul 8;131(26):9186-8. doi: 10.1021/ja901109t.

Authors

Dan Zhao¹, Daqiang Yuan, Daofeng Sun, Hong-Cai Zhou

Affiliation

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

PMID: 19530682
DOI: 10.1021/ja901109t

Abstract

Reactions between two novel hexatopic carboxylate ligands and copper salts give rise to two isostructural metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with a (3,24)-connected network topology containing both micro- and mesocavities with sizes of up to 3 nm. Both frameworks retain their porosity after guest-molecule removal, leading to high surface areas. Constructing MOFs containing mesocavities with microwindows may serve as a general approach toward stable MOFs with high surface areas.