Construction of two octahedral cage-based metal-organic frameworks

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Two isostructural octahedral metal-organic frameworks formulated as {[Zn3TBTC2(DMA) (H2O)]•3DMA • 3H2O}n (1), {[Cd3TBTC2 (DMA)2 (H2O)2] • 2DMA•2H2O}n (2) have been successfully prepared via solvothermal synthesis based on a predesigned semi-rigid ligand, 1, 3, 5-tris[3-(carboxyphenyl)oxamethyl]-2, 4, 6-trimethylbenzene acid (H3TBTC). In the structure, the semi-rigid ligand adopts cis, cis, cis-and cis, trans, trans-conformations. Six cis, cis, cis-conformational TBTC3- ligands connect six M3(COO)6 (M=Zn(II) or Cd(II) secondary building units (SBUs) to form a pumpkin-shaped metalorganic nanocage. Viewing only the SBUs as vertexes, the pumpkin-shaped nanocage can be seen as a slightly distorted octahedral nanocage. Acting as supramolecular building blocks (SBBs), every octahedral nanocage connects 18 cis, trans, trans-conformational TBTC3- ligands, while every cis, trans, trans-conformational TBTC3- ligand connects three octahedral cages. Thus, the framework can be simplified as a (3, 18)-connected network with point symbol of {433. 684 .836}{43}6. Moreover, upon removal of free guest solvent molecules, compounds 1~2 have metal clusters locating in the tunnel walls, which may have strong interaction with molecules with high quadrapole moment, and they show preferential adsorption of CO2 over N2/H2. The resulting materials have potential for separation of CO2 from other gas molecules such a N2 and H2. The solid state photoluminescent spectra of 1~2 as well as the free H3TBTC ligand were examined at room temperature. When excited at 320 nm, the free ligand shows a maximum emission at 434 nm, which can be ascribed to the π-π* transition of the aromatic rings. The strongest emission peak for compounds 1~2 are observed at about 424 nm. By comparison of the emission energies and profiles of the free H3TBTC ligand and compounds 1~2, the luminescent behavior of compounds 1~2 are considered to be originated from H3TBTC ligands. The blue-shifted bands of their emissions may result from the fact that the ligands are not allowed to relax along the torsional mode upon photoexcitation. © 2012 Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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Lin, Z., Lin, X., & Cao, R. (2012). Construction of two octahedral cage-based metal-organic frameworks. Acta Chimica Sinica, 70(19), 2012–2015. https://doi.org/10.6023/A12080546

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