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Javier Martí-Rujas¹, Yoshitaka Matsushita, Fujio Izumi

¹Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan.

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Solid-liquid interface synthesis efficiently creates molecular complexes and metastable porous networks. Solution reactions yield different interpenetrated networks, with the metastable structure solved via X-ray analysis.

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Crystallography
Supramolecular Chemistry

Background:

Traditional synthesis methods for porous coordination networks often result in interpenetrated structures.
Achieving metastable porous coordination networks with specific topologies can be challenging.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel synthesis strategy for selective preparation of molecular complexes and metastable porous coordination networks.
To investigate the structural differences between materials synthesized via solid-liquid interface versus solution methods.
To determine the crystal structure of the metastable porous network.

Main Methods:

Solid-liquid interface synthesis
Solution reaction chemistry
Ab initio powder X-ray diffraction analysis

Main Results:

Solid-liquid interface synthesis enabled selective and efficient preparation of molecular complexes (ML(2)) and metastable porous coordination networks in short times.
Solution reactions exclusively produced interpenetrated open-framework networks.
The crystal structure of the metastable network was successfully solved using ab initio powder X-ray analysis.

Conclusions:

Solid-liquid interface synthesis offers a distinct advantage for accessing specific network topologies, including metastable porous coordination networks.
The method provides a route to control framework interpenetration, differentiating it from conventional solution-based approaches.
Structural elucidation of metastable materials is achievable through advanced powder X-ray diffraction techniques.