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Author Spotlight: Experimental Approaches for the Synthesis of Low-Valent Metal-Organic Frameworks from Multitopic Phosphine Linkers
Published on: May 12, 2023
Safe P₄ reagent in a reusable porous coordination network
Wanuk Choi1, Hiroyoshi Ohtsu1, Yoshitaka Matsushita2
1The Division of Advanced Materials Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), RIST Building 3-3390, 77 Cheongam-Ro, Nam-Gu, Pohang, South Korea. hotsu@postech.ac.kr mkawano@postech.ac.kr.
Abstract:
P4 generated from red phosphorus via the gas phase was trapped into an interactive pore of a porous coordination network, showing weak interactions which stabilize the reactive P4 in a pore. The network is reusable as a safe container of P4. Furthermore, we found a size dependence of the P4 trapping amount: for 100-50 μm crystal, 27% occupancy of P4; and for <20 μm crystal, ca. 93% occupancy of P4.

