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Jialiu Ma1, Antek G Wong-Foy1, Adam J Matzger1
1Department of Chemistry, Macromolecular Science and Engineering Program, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States.
Abstract:
A 2D zirconium-based microporous coordination polymer derived from the tritopic linker 1,3,5-(4-carboxylphenyl)benzene, UMCM-309a, has been synthesized. This noninterpenetrated material possesses a Zr6(μ3-O)4(μ3-OH)4(RCO2)6(OH)6(H2O)6 cluster with six hexagonal-planar-coordinated linkers. UMCM-309a is stable in an aqueous HCl solution for over 4 months. The use of different monocarboxylates as modulators leads to similar 2D structures with different layer spacings; moreover, removal of the modulator yields the parent UMCM-309a.
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