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Published on: September 26, 2016
Ca- and Sr-tetrafluoroisophthalates: mechanochemical synthesis, characterization, and ab initio structure
Abdal-Azim Al-Terkawi1, Gudrun Scholz, Ana Guilherme Buzanich
1Department of Chemistry, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, D - 12489 Berlin, Germany. gudrun.scholz@rz.hu-berlin.de erhard.kemnitz@chemie.hu-berlin.de.
Abstract:
New fluorinated coordination polymers were prepared mechanochemically by milling the alkaline earth metal hydroxides MII(OH)2·xH2O (MII: Ca, Sr) with tetrafluoroisophthalic acid (H2mBDC-F4). The structures of [{Ca(mBDC-F4)(H2O)2}·H2O] (1) and [{Sr(mBDC-F4)(H2O)2}·H2O] (2) were determined based on ab initio calculations and their powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) data. The compounds are isomorphous and crystallize in the orthorhombic space group P212121. The determined structures were validated by using extended X-ray absorption (EXAFS) data. The new materials were thoroughly characterized using elemental analysis, thermal analysis, magic angle spinning NMR, and attenuated total reflection-infrared spectroscopy. Further characterization methods such as BET, dynamic vapor sorption, and scanning electron microscopy imaging were also used. Our investigations indicate that mechanochemistry is an efficient method for preparing such materials.
