Remote Stabilization of Copper Paddlewheel Based Molecular Building Blocks in Metal-Organic Frameworks

Journal Article · Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Chem. Mater.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00084· OSTI ID:1176808

Gao, Wen-Yang ^[1]; Cai, Rong ^[2]; Pham, Tony ^[1]; Forrest, Katherine A. ^[1]; Hogan, Adam ^[1]; Nugent, Patrick ^[1]; Williams, Kia ^[1]; Wojtas, Lukasz ^[1]; Luebke, Ryan ^[3]; Weseliinski, Lukasz J. ^[3]; Zaworotko, Michael J. ^[1]; Space, Brian ^[1]; Chen, Yu-Sheng ^[4]; Eddaoudi, Mohamed ^[3]; Shi, Xiaodong ^[2]; Ma, Shengqian ^[1]

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1. Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
2. West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
3. King Abdullah Univ. of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal (Saudi Arabia)
4. Univ. of Chicago, Argonne, IL (United States)

Copper paddlewheel based molecular building blocks (MBBs) are ubiquitous and have been widely employed for the construction of highly porous metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). However, most copper paddlewheel based MOFs fail to retain their structural integrity in the presence of water. This instability is directly correlated to the plausible displacement of coordinating carboxylates in the copper paddlewheel MBB, [Cu₂(O₂C-)₄], by the strongly coordinating water molecules. In this comprehensive study, we illustrate the chemical stability control in the rht-MOF platform via strengthening the coordinating bonds within the triangular inorganic MBB, [Cu₃O(N_4–x(CH)_xC-)₃] (x = 0, 1, or 2). Remotely, the chemical stabilization propagated into the paddlewheel MBB to afford isoreticular rht-MOFs with remarkably enhanced water/chemical stabilities compared to the prototypal rht-MOF-1.

• Research Organization: Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; NSFUNIVERSITYFOREIGN
• OSTI ID: 1176808
• Journal Information: Chem. Mater., Journal Name: Chem. Mater. Journal Issue: (6) ; 03, 2015 Vol. 27
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: ENGLISH