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Helge Reinsch1, Bartosz Marszałek, Julia Wack
1Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Max-Eyth-Straße 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
Abstract:
The new Al-based metal-organic framework [Al(13)(OH)(27)(H(2)O)(6)(BDC-NH(2))(3)Cl(6)(C(3)H(7)OH)(6)] denoted CAU-6 (CAU = Christian-Albrechts-Universität) was solvothermally synthesized in 2-propanol and was thoroughly characterized. The framework structure exhibits a unique column-shaped inorganic building unit, which is based on stacked, corner-sharing Al(13)-clusters. The compound exhibits unprecedented hydrophilicity for metal-organic frameworks.
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