151. A porous layered metal-organic framework from π–π-stacking of layers based on a Co6 building unit
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Kim E. Jelfs, Alexandra Fateeva, John E. Warren, Catherine Perkins, Matthew J. Rosseinsky, Alec McLennan, Kyriakos C. Stylianou, and D. Bradshaw
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Materials science ,Hydrogen ,Coordination polymer ,Inorganic chemistry ,Supramolecular chemistry ,Stacking ,chemistry.chemical_element ,General Chemistry ,Condensed Matter Physics ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Crystallography ,chemistry ,Octahedron ,Mechanics of Materials ,Imidazole ,General Materials Science ,Metal-organic framework ,Cobalt - Abstract
The coordination of benzene-1,3,5-tribenzoate (BTB) and imidazole (Im) with cobalt under basic conditions yields a 2D layered structure, Co 3 (BTB) 1.5 (Im) 1.35 (O) 0.5 (OH) 0.5 (H 2 O) 1.65 guests ( 1 ), in which the imidazoles are weakly π–π stacked and hydrogen bonded to the adjacent layers affording a 3D supramolecular network. The structure is based on a hexanuclear Co 6 building unit which comprises four octahedral and two tetrahedral Co(II) centres. The framework is permanently porous to N 2 , CO 2 and CH 4 , with the strength of interaction at zero coverage being comparable to that at high loading.
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- 2012