Functionalising metal-organic frameworks with metal complexes: the role of structural dynamics

Abstract

A series of iridium-functionalised UiO-67 metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) were synthesised under conditions that simulate kinetically- and thermodynamically-controlled regimes. The degree of functionalisation depends on the reaction time and relative acidity of the native- and metallo-linkers, and can be optimised by controlling the reaction time.