Statistical Distribution of Binary Ligands within Rhodium-Organic Octahedra Tunes Microporosity in Their Assemblies

Inorg Chem. 2024 Apr 15;63(15):6571-6575. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00964. Epub 2024 Apr 4.

Abstract

Structure-porosity relationships for metal-organic polyhedra (MOPs) are hardly investigated because they tend to be amorphized after activation, which inhibits crystallographic characterization. Here, we show a mixed-ligand strategy to statistically distribute two distinct carbazole-type ligands within rhodium-based octahedral MOPs, leading to systematic tuning of the microporosity in the resulting amorphous solids.