The Crystalline Sponge Method in Water

Author(s):  
Wester de Poel ◽  
Paul Tinnemans ◽  
Alexander L. L. Duchateau ◽  
Maarten Honing ◽  
Floris P. J. T. Rutjes ◽  
...  

<p> <i>The crystalline sponge method allows for the elucidation of the (absolute) structure of molecules using single-crystal X-ray diffraction and eliminates the need for crystals of the target compound. An important limitation for the application of the crystalline sponge method is the instability of the available crystalline sponges that can act as host crystals, in most of the cases consisting of metal-organic framework (MOF) compounds. The MOF host crystal that is most often used decomposes in protic or nucleophilic solvents or when guest molecules with Lewis basic substituents are introduced. Here a class of stable MOF hosts based on f-block metals is disclosed, that are suitable for applying the crystalline sponge method to the aforementioned solvents and guest molecules. We show that these hosts not only increase the scope of the crystalline sponge method to a wider array of guests and solvents, but that they can even be applied to aqueous solutions containing hydrophilic guest molecules, thereby extending the crystalline sponge method to the important field of water-based chemistry.</i></p>

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wester de Poel ◽  
Paul Tinnemans ◽  
Alexander L. L. Duchateau ◽  
Maarten Honing ◽  
Floris P. J. T. Rutjes ◽  
...  

The crystalline sponge method entails the elucidation of the (absolute) structure of molecules from a solution phase using single-crystal X-ray diffraction and eliminates the need for crystals of the target compound. An important limitation for the application of the crystalline sponge method is the instability of the available crystalline sponges that can act as host crystals. The host crystal that is most often used decomposes in protic or nucleophilic solvents or when guest molecules with Lewis basic substituents are introduced. Here we disclose a new class of (water) stable host crystals based on f-block metals. We show that these hosts not only increase the scope of the crystalline sponge method to a wider array of solvents and guests, but that they can even be applied to aqueous solutions containing hydrophilic guest molecules, thereby extending the crystalline sponge method to the important field of water-based chemistry.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wester de Poel ◽  
Paul Tinnemans ◽  
Alexander L. L. Duchateau ◽  
Maarten Honing ◽  
Floris P. J. T. Rutjes ◽  
...  

The crystalline sponge method entails the elucidation of the (absolute) structure of molecules from a solution phase using single-crystal X-ray diffraction and eliminates the need for crystals of the target compound. An important limitation for the application of the crystalline sponge method is the instability of the available crystalline sponges that can act as host crystals. The host crystal that is most often used decomposes in protic or nucleophilic solvents or when guest molecules with Lewis basic substituents are introduced. Here we disclose a new class of (water) stable host crystals based on f-block metals. We show that these hosts not only increase the scope of the crystalline sponge method to a wider array of solvents and guests, but that they can even be applied to aqueous solutions containing hydrophilic guest molecules, thereby extending the crystalline sponge method to the important field of water-based chemistry.


2008 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-31
Author(s):  
Dayu Wu ◽  
Genhua Wu ◽  
Wei Huang ◽  
Zhuqing Wang

The compound [Cd(4,4'-bpy)2(H2O)2](ClO4)2·(L)2 was obtained by the reaction of Cd(ClO4)2, bis(1-pyrazinylethylidene)hydrazine (L) and 4,4'-bipyridine in aqueous MeOH. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction has revealed its two-dimensional metal-organic framework. The 2-D layers superpose on each other, giving a channel structure. The square planar grids consist of two pairs of shared edges with Cd(II) ion and a 4,4'-bipyridine molecule each vertex and side, respectively. The square cavity has a dimension of 11.817 × 11.781 Å. Two guest molecules of bis(1-pyrazinylethylidene)hydrazine are clathrated in every hydrophobic host cavity, being further stabilized by π-π stacking and hydrogen bonding. The results suggest that the hydrazine molecules present in the network serve as structure-directing templates in the formation of crystal structures.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (39) ◽  
pp. 20420-20428
Author(s):  
Bikash Garai ◽  
Volodymyr Bon ◽  
Anastasia Efimova ◽  
Martin Gerlach ◽  
Irena Senkovska ◽  
...  

Reversible switching between positive and negative thermal expansion of a mesoporous metal-organic framework DUT-49 has been demonstrated and studied by synchrotron single-crystal X-ray diffraction with different guest molecules in the pores.


2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (8) ◽  
pp. 727-732
Author(s):  
Chen Zhang ◽  
Jian-Qing Tao

AbstractA new Cu(II) metal-organic framework, [Cu(L)(OBA)·H2O]n (1) [H2OBA = 4,4′-oxybis(benzoic acid), L = 3,5-di(1H-benzimidazol-1-yl)pyridine] was hydrothermally synthesized and characterized through IR spectroscopy, elemental and thermal analysis and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Complex 1 is a four-connected uni-nodal 2D net with a (44·62) topology which shows an emission centered at λ ∼393 nm upon excitation at λ = 245 nm. Moreover, complex 1 possesses high photocatalytic activities for the decomposition of Rhodamine B (RhB) under UV light irradiation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-369
Author(s):  
Long Tang ◽  
Yu Pei Fu ◽  
Na Cui ◽  
Ji Jiang Wang ◽  
Xiang Yang Hou ◽  
...  

AbstractA new metal-organic framework, [Pb(hmpcaH)2]n (1), has been hydrothermally synthesized from Pb(OAc)2 · 3H2O and 2-hydroxy-6-methylpyridine-4-carboxylic acid (hmpcaH2; 2), and characterized by IR spectroscopy, elemental and thermogravimetric analysis, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. In complex 1, each hmpcaH− ligand represents a three-connected node to combine with the hexacoordinated Pb(II) ions, generating a 3D binodal (3,6)-connected ant network. The crystal structure of 2 was determined. The solid-state fluorescence properties of 1 and 2 were investigated.


Langmuir ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 3618-3626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart R. Miller ◽  
Paul A. Wright ◽  
Thomas Devic ◽  
Christian Serre ◽  
Gérard Férey ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (26) ◽  
pp. 17471-17479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volodymyr Bon ◽  
Nicole Klein ◽  
Irena Senkovska ◽  
Andreas Heerwig ◽  
Jürgen Getzschmann ◽  
...  

The “gate opening” mechanism in flexible MOF Ni2(2,6-ndc)2dabco was elucidated in detail.


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