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Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Metal-organic Frameworks
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2D Oligosilyl Metal-Organic Frameworks as Multi-state Switchable Materials
David A Burns1, Eric M Press1, M A Siegler1
1Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.
Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)
|October 31, 2019
Abstract:
We report the synthesis of a set of 2D metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) constructed with organosilicon-based linkers. These oligosilyl MOFs feature linear Sin Me2n (C6 H4 CO2 H)2 ligands (lin-Sin , n=2, 4) connected by Cu paddlewheels. The stacking arrangement of the 2D sheets is dictated by van der Waals interactions and is tunable by solvent exchange, leading to reversible structural transformations between many crystalline and amorphous phases.

