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A Technical Guide for Performing Spectroscopic Measurements on Metal-Organic Frameworks
Published on: April 28, 2023
Diverse structures of metal-organic frameworks based on different metal ions: luminescence and gas adsorption
Chuan-Lei Zhang1, Ling Qin, Zhen-Zhen Shi
1State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China. zhenghg@nju.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Four coordination polymers with different metal ions have been synthesized based on a rigid linear pyridine and a flexible V-shaped dicarboxylate ligand (L = 4,4'-(2,5-dimethoxy-1,4-phenylene)dipyridine; H2OBA = 4,4'-oxydibenzoic acid): {[Co(L)(OBA)]·2H2O}n (1), [Zn(L)(OBA)·2H2O]n (2), {[Ni(L)(OBA)]·DMF·H2O}n (3), [Cd(L)(OBA)]·DMF·H2O}n (4). The reaction conditions are similar except for the metal ions for complexes 1-4. Complexes 1 and 2 present a 3D unprecedented hxg-d-4-Cccm net, but 3 and 4 are 4-connected sql nets with a point symbol {4(4)·6(2)}. These complexes were characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetry, elemental analysis, and powder X-ray diffraction measurements. The UV-visible spectra, fluorescence, and gas adsorption properties of the compounds were also explored.
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