A Robust Infinite Zirconium Phenolate Building Unit to Enhance the Chemical Stability of Zr MOFs

Georges Mouchaham; Lucy Cooper; Nathalie Guillou; Charlotte Martineau; Erik Elkaïm; Sandrine Bourrelly; Philip L Llewellyn; Clémence Allain; Gilles Clavier; Christian Serre; Thomas Devic

doi:10.1002/anie.201507058

A Robust Infinite Zirconium Phenolate Building Unit to Enhance the Chemical Stability of Zr MOFs

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2015 Nov 2;54(45):13297-301. doi: 10.1002/anie.201507058. Epub 2015 Oct 12.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Institut Lavoisier, UMR 8180 CNRS Université de Versailles St Quentin en Yvelines, Université Paris-Saclay, 45 avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles (France).
² PPSM, CNRS UMR8531, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, Université Paris-Saclay, 61 avenue du Président Wilson, 94235 Cachan (France).
³ Synchrotron Soleil, beamline Cristal, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, 91192 Gif-sur Yvette cedex (France).
⁴ Aix-Marseille Univ., CNRS, MADIREL UMR 7246, 13397 Marseille (France).
⁵ Institut Lavoisier, UMR 8180 CNRS Université de Versailles St Quentin en Yvelines, Université Paris-Saclay, 45 avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles (France). [email protected].

PMID: 26457412
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201507058

Abstract

A novel Zr-chain based MOF, namely MIL-163, was designed and successfully synthesized using a bis-1,2,3-trioxobenzene ligand. Endowed with large square-shaped channels of 12 Å width, it shows remarkable water uptake (ca. 0.6 cm(3) g(-1) at saturating vapor pressure) and a remarkable stability in simulated physiological media, where archetypical Zr carboxylate MOFs readily degrade.

Keywords: MOFs; chemical stability; phenolate; water adsorption; zirconium.