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Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Metal-organic Frameworks
Published on: September 5, 2014
Selective incorporation of functional dicarboxylates into zinc metal-organic frameworks
Andrew D Burrows1, Laura C Fisher, Christopher Richardson
1Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK. a.d.burrows@bath.ac.uk
Abstract:
Zinc(II) nitrate reacts with different ratios of 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid (H(2)bdc) and 2-halo-1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid (H(2)bdc-X, X = Br or I) to give [Zn(4)O(bdc)(3-x)(bdc-X)(x)], in which preferential incorporation of bdc is observed. The selective incorporation is related to crystal growth rates, and the proportion of incorporated bdc-X rises with increasing reaction time.

