A 3D MOF showing unprecedented solvent-induced single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation and excellent CO2adsorption selectivity at room temperature

Tao Qin, Jun Gong, Junhan Ma, Xin Wang, Yonghua Wang, Yan Xu, Xuan Shen, Dunru Zhu

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Abstract

A water stable porous 3D metal-organic framework, [Cu3L23-OH)22-H2O)]·2DMA (1, mother crystal, H2L = 2,2’-dinitrobiphenyl-4,4’-dicarboxylic acid, DMA = N, N-dimethylacetamide), shows unprecedented irreversible solvent-induced substitutions of bridging aqua ligands and guest-exchanges in single-crystal-to-single-crystal (SCSC) transformations at room temperature (RT), producing quantitatively three daughter crystals, [Cu3L23-OH)2]·2S (2: 2A, S = acetone; 2B, S = 2-propanol; 2C, S = 2-butanol), which exhibit reversible interconversion by guest-exchanges at RT in SCSC transformations. MOF 1 shows excellent separation selectivity (128) of CO2/N2at RT and is a better sorbent of micro-solid-phase extraction (μ-SPE) than currently known benchmark ZIF-8.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15886-15889
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume50
Issue number100
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Nov 2014

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