Two Robust In(III)-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks with Higher Gas Separation, Efficient Carbon Dioxide Conversion, and Rapid Detection of Antibiotics

Inorg Chem. 2020 Apr 6;59(7):5231-5239. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00539. Epub 2020 Mar 26.

Abstract

With the aid of a pyridyl tetracarboxylate ligand, 2,5-bis(2',5'-dicarboxylphenyl)pyridine (H4L), two indium-organic frameworks, [In2(L)(OH)2]·2DMF·2H2O (1) and [Me2NH2][In(L)]·2.5NMF·4H2O (2), with (6,8)- and (4,4)-connected nets have been constructed in different solvent systems. Both 1 and 2 exhibit high thermal and chemical stability. Gas sorption behavior of 1 and 2 for N2, C2H2, C2H4, CO2, and CH4 indicate excellent separation selectivities of C2Hx/CH4 and CO2/CH4. Furthermore, 1 possesses a high density of Brønsted sites and shows efficient catalytic conversion for CO2 cycloaddition with epoxides. Meanwhile, luminescence investigations reveal that 2 can detect nitrofurazone efficiently.

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / analysis*
  • Carbon Dioxide / chemistry*
  • Catalysis
  • Cycloaddition Reaction
  • Epoxy Compounds / chemistry
  • Indium / chemistry
  • Ligands
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks / chemistry*
  • Porosity
  • Pyridines / chemistry
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Epoxy Compounds
  • Ligands
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks
  • Pyridines
  • Indium
  • Carbon Dioxide