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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
Unravelling the synthesis of a rare-earth cluster-based metal-organic framework with spn topology
Hudson A Bicalho1, Felix Saraci1, Jose de J Velazquez-Garcia2
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street W., Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada. ashlee.howarth@concordia.ca.
Abstract:
Y-CU-45, an analogue of Zr-MOF-808, is synthesized for the first time. Several reaction conditions are tested demonstrating that two fluorinated modulators are required for a reproducible synthesis yielding high quality material. Y-CU-45 shows high crystallinity and surface area, shining light on the potential for rare-earth cluster-based MOFs with open metal sites.
