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Author Spotlight: Functionalizing Metal-Organic Frameworks: Advancements, Challenges, and the Power of Post-Synthetic Ligand Exchange
Published on: June 23, 2023
Functionalization of polyoxometalates by carboxylato and azido ligands: macromolecular complexes and extended
Pierre Mialane1, Anne Dolbecq, Francis Sécheresse
1Institut Lavoisier, UMR 8180, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin, 45 Avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles Cedex, France. mialane@chimie.uvsq.fr
Abstract:
Polyoxometalate compounds continue to be widely studied due to their relevance in various fields such as catalysis or magnetochemistry. In this article, we will focus on two topics we recently developed, the functionalization of rare earth polyoxometalates by organic ligands, which has led to compounds ranging from magnetic macromolecular complexes to a 3D open-framework system, and the functionalization of first row transition metal substituted polyoxometalates by azido ligands, which has allowed the isolation of complexes exhibiting the largest ferromagnetic exchange couplings observed to date in polyoxometalate chemistry.
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