A Proton Conductive Porous Framework of an 18-Crown-6-Ether Derivative Networked by Rigid Hydrogen Bonding Modules
Xin Chen1, Rui-Kang Huang1,2, Kiyonori Takahashi1,2
1Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0810, Japan.
Abstract:
A rigid hydrogen-bonded organic framework (HOF) was constructed from a C3 -symmetric hexatopic carboxylic acid with a hydrophilic 18-crown-6-ether (18C6) component. Despite the flexible macrocyclic structure with many conformations, the derivative with three 4,4'-dicarboxy-o-terphenyl moieties in the periphery yielded a rigid layered porous framework through directional intermolecular hydrogen bonding. Interestingly, the HOF possesses 1D channels with bottleneck composed of 18C6 rings. The HOF shows proton conductivity (1.12×10-7 S cm-1 ) through Grotthuss mechanism (Ea =0.27 eV) under 98 %RH. The present unique water channel structure provides an inspiration to create molecular porous materials.
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