Postsynthetic Selective Ligand Cleavage by Solid-Gas Phase Ozonolysis Fuses Micropores into Mesopores in Metal-Organic Frameworks

Herein we report a novel, ozone-based method for postsynthetic generation of mesoporosity in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). By carefully selecting mixed-ligand Zr-fcu-MOFs based on organic ligand pairs in which one ligand has ozone-cleavable olefin bonds and the other ligand is ozone-resistant, we...

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Autores: Guillerm, Vincent|||0000-0003-3460-223X, Xu, Heng, Albalad, Jorge|||0000-0001-5850-6723, Imaz, Inhar|||0000-0002-0278-1141, Maspoch Comamala, Daniel|||0000-0003-1325-9161
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:210804
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/210804
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1021/jacs.8b09682
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gas sorption properties
Gas-phase ozonolysis
Mesoporosity
Metal organic framework
Metalorganic frameworks (MOFs)
Mixed-ligands
Organic ligands
Selective ligands
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Sumario:Herein we report a novel, ozone-based method for postsynthetic generation of mesoporosity in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). By carefully selecting mixed-ligand Zr-fcu-MOFs based on organic ligand pairs in which one ligand has ozone-cleavable olefin bonds and the other ligand is ozone-resistant, we were able to selectively break the cleavable ligand via ozonolysis to trigger fusion of micropores into mesopores within the MOF framework. This solid-gas phase method is performed at room-temperature, and, depending on the cleavable ligand used, the resultant ligand-fragments can be removed from the ozonated MOF by either washing or sublimation. Compared to the corresponding highly microporous starting MOFs, the highly mesoporous product MOFs exhibit radically distinct gas sorption properties.