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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
Dramatic improvement of stability by in situ linker cyclization of a metal-organic framework
Yun-Long Hou1, Mu-Qing Li, Shengxian Cheng
1Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. zhengtao@cityu.edu.hk.
Abstract:
We employ a two-step strategy for accessing crystalline porous covalent networks of highly conjugated π-electron systems. For this, we first assembled a crystalline metal-organic framework (MOF) precursor based on Zr(iv) ions and a linear dicarboxyl linker molecule featuring backfolded, highly unsaturated alkyne backbones; massive thermocyclization of the organic linkers was then triggered to install highly conjugated, fused-aromatic bridges throughout the MOF scaffold while preserving the crystalline order. The formation of cyclized carbon links not only greatly strengthens the precursor coordination scaffold, but also, more importantly, enhances electroactivity and charge transport throughout the polycyclic aromatic grid.
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