Neutral MOF Anion Receptor: Radical-Promoted Precise Anion Recognition
Shuyu Dong1, Zhiwu Yu2, Liecheng Guo1
1School of Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, 330013, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Precise ion recognition plays a key role in the anionic decontamination in water. However, the established anionic recognition based on neutral or cationic anion receptor is still restricted by the inherent limitation, such as narrow application scope in organic solvent rather than water for neutral anion receptor and poor selectivity due to non-directional electrostatic interaction for cationic anion receptor. Herein, for the first time, a neutral metal-organic framework (MOF) anion receptor is shown, enabling precise anion recognition, for example, the presence of a variety of 1000-fold competitive anions does not affect the selective adsorption of the target anion at all. A radical-dominating anion-recognition mechanism is proposed for rationalizing the efficacy of the neutral MOF.
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