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Suvendu Sekhar Mondal1, Asamanjoy Bhunia, Alexandra Kelling
1Institut für Chemie, Anorganische Chemie, Universität Potsdam , Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|December 10, 2013
Abstract:
In situ imidazolate-4,5-diamide-2-olate linker generation leads to the formation of a [Zn14(L2)12(O)(OH)2(H2O)4] molecular building block (MBB) with a Zn6 octahedron inscribed in a Zn8 cube. The MBBs connect by amide-amide hydrogen bonds to a 3D robust supramolecular network which can be activated for N2, CO2, CH4, and H2 gas sorption.
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