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Construction and Systematical Symmetric Studies of a Series of Supramolecular Clusters with Binary or Ternary Ammonium Triphenylacetates
Published on: February 15, 2016
A Hydrogen-Bonded, Hexagonally Networked, Layered Framework with Large Aperture Designed by Structural
Hiroki Yoshimura1, Ryusei Oketani1, Miki Naruoka2
1Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.
Abstract:
To develop porous organic frameworks, precise control of the stacking manner of two-dimensional porous motifs and structural characterization of the resultant framework are important. From these points of view, porous molecular crystals formed through reversible intermolecular hydrogen bonds, such as hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs), can provide deep insight because of their high crystallinity, affording single-crystalline X-ray diffraction analysis. In this study, we demonstrate that the stacking manner of hydrogen-bonded hexagonal network (HexNet) sheets can be controlled by synchronizing a homological triangular macrocyclic tecton and a hydrogen-bonded cyclic supramolecular synthon called the phenylene triangle. A structure of the resultant HOF was crystallographically characterized and revealed to have a large channel aperture of 2.4 nm. The HOF also shows thermal stability up to 290 °C, which is higher than that of the conventional HexNet frameworks.
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