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M Eddaoudi

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PubMed2001

Assembly of metal-organic frameworks from large organic and inorganic secondary building units: new examples and simplifying principles for complex structures.

The secondary building unit (SBU) has been identified as a useful tool in the analysis of complex metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). We illustrate its applicability to rationalizing MOF crystal structures by analysis of nine new MOFs which have been characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Tetrahedral SBUs in Zn(ADC)(2).(HTEA)(2) (MOF-31), Cd(ATC).[Cd(H(2)O)(6)](H2O)(5) (MOF-32), and Zn(2)(ATB)(H2O).(H2O)(3)(DMF)(3) (MOF-33) are linked into diamond networks, while those of Ni(2)(ATC)(H(2)O)(4).(H2O)(4) (MOF-34) have the structure of the Al network in SrAl(2). Frameworks constructed from less symmetric tetrahedral SBUs have the Ga network of CaGa(2)O(4) as illustrated by Zn(2)(ATC).(C(2)H(5)OH)(2)(H2O)(2) (MOF-35) structure. Squares and tetrahedral SBUs in Zn(2)(MTB)(H2O)(2).(DMF)(6)(H2O)(5) (MOF-36) are linked into the PtS network, which is the simplest structure type known for the assembly of these shapes. The octahedral SBUs found in Zn(2)(NDC)(3).[(HTEA)(DEF)(ClBz)](2) (MOF-37) form the most common structure for linking octahedral shapes, namely, the boron network in CaB(6). New structure types for linking triangular and trigonal prismatic SBUs are found in Zn(3)O(BTC)(2).(HTEA)(2) (MOF-38) and Zn(3)O(HBTB)(2)(H2O).(DMF)(0.5)(H2O)(3) (MOF-39). The synthesis, crystal structure, and structure analysis using the SBU approach are presented for each MOF.

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PubMed2001

Interwoven metal-organic framework on a periodic minimal surface with extra-large pores.

Interpenetration (catenation) has long been considered a major impediment in the achievement of stable and porous crystalline structures. A strategy for the design of highly porous and structurally stable networks makes use of metal-organic building blocks that can be assembled on a triply periodic P-minimal geometric surface to produce structures that are interpenetrating-more accurately considered as interwoven. We used 4,4',4"-benzene-1,3,5-triyl-tribenzoic acid (H(3)BTB), copper(II) nitrate, and N,N'-dimethylformamide (DMF) to prepare Cu(3)(BTB)(2)(H(2)O)(3).(DMF)(9)(H(2)O)(2) (MOF-14), whose structure reveals a pair of interwoven metal-organic frameworks that are mutually reinforced. The structure contains remarkably large pores, 16.4 angstroms in diameter, in which voluminous amounts of gases and organic solvents can be reversibly sorbed.

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PubMed2001

Modular chemistry: secondary building units as a basis for the design of highly porous and robust metal-organic carboxylate frameworks.

Secondary building units (SBUs) are molecular complexes and cluster entities in which ligand coordination modes and metal coordination environments can be utilized in the transformation of these fragments into extended porous networks using polytopic linkers (1,4-benzenedicarboxylate, 1,3,5,7-adamantanetetracarboxylate, etc.). Consideration of the geometric and chemical attributes of the SBUs and linkers leads to prediction of the framework topology, and in turn to the design and synthesis of a new class of porous materials with robust structures and high porosity.

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PubMed1999

A Microporous Lanthanide-Organic Framework.

Stable zeolite-like microporosity, even in the absence of guest molecules, is exhibited by a lanthanide-benzenedicarboxylate (BDC) framework, which was synthesized by the copolymerization of Tb(III) and 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid. The open Tb-BDC framework adopts an expanded PtS network structure (see diagram; Tb: open circles; C: full circles; lines connecting Tb to C represent O atoms, and those connecting C atoms are benzene rings) and is capable of reversible gas and liquid sorption.

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