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Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Metal-organic Frameworks
Published on: September 5, 2014
Soft synthesis of isocyanate-functionalised metal-organic frameworks
Jenny G Vitillo1, Tristan Lescouet, Marie Savonnet
1Dipartimento di Chimica and NIS Centre of Excellence, Università di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italia. jenny.vitillo@unito.it
Dalton Transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
|October 31, 2012
Abstract:
We have developed an original synthetic pathway for the conversion of a MIL-68(In)-NH(2) metal-organic framework into its corresponding isocyanate (-NCO) derivative. This two-step soft post-modification technique leads to highly porous isostructural materials.

