Reticular chemistry in the rational synthesis of functional zirconium cluster-based MOFs

By Zhijie Chen, Sylvia L. Hanna, Louis R. Redfern, Dalal Alezi, Timur Islamoglu, O. Farha. Coordination chemistry reviews, 2019

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Abstract In the past two decades, reticular chemistry has developed into a powerful tool for the design and synthesis of porous, crystalline framework materials. The discovery of the first hexanuclear, zirconium cluster-based MOF (i.e. UiO-66; fcu net) led to a vast library of functional Zr-MOFs with various properties. The versatile connectivity of zirconium hexanuclear clusters and the adaptable tunability of organic ligands have resulted in the rational synthesis of a large set of Zr-MOFs based on edge-transitive nets; these nets commonly exists in crystalline network structures as suggested by reticular chemistry. In this review, we summarize recent advances in the synthesis of zirconium cluster-based MOFs in the light of reticular chemistry design principles. Isoreticular tuning of MOF parent structures and post-synthetic modification of Zr-MOFs for targeted applications are also deliberated.

Subfields: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry

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