Interconversion between a nonporous nanocluster and a microporous coordination polymer showing selective gas adsorption

J Am Chem Soc. 2010 Jan 27;132(3):912-3. doi: 10.1021/ja908670u.

Abstract

Using reversible polymerization and depolymerization reactions in a single crystal state, we achieved a reversible transformation from a nanocluster to a coordination polymer. During the interconversion, the structural frameworks switched between nonporous hexanuclear clusters and porous double-zigzag chains; the magnetic behaviors switched between paramagnetism and metamagnetism, respectively. The microporous framework, which had 1D channels 1.9 A x 3.6 A in size, exhibited selective gas adsorption of H(2) and CO(2) over N(2).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Gases / chemistry*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry*
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Porosity
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Gases
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Polymers