Volume 43, Issue 18 pp. 2334-2375
Review

Functional Porous Coordination Polymers

Susumu Kitagawa Prof. Dr.

Susumu Kitagawa Prof. Dr.

Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nisikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan, Fax: (+81) 75-383-2732

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Ryo Kitaura Dr.

Ryo Kitaura Dr.

Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nisikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan, Fax: (+81) 75-383-2732

Current Address: Toyota Central R&D Laboratories, Inc. Nagakute, Aichi, 480–1192, Japan

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Shin-ichiro Noro Dr.

Shin-ichiro Noro Dr.

Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nisikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan, Fax: (+81) 75-383-2732

Current Address: Supramolecular Science Laboratory, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan

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First published: 22 April 2004
Citations: 10,344

Graphical Abstract

Nanospace laboratories: The chemistry of the coordination polymers (see picture) has developed extensively, affording new porous compounds and realizing not only applications, such as separation, storage, and heterogeneous catalysis but also unique nanosized vessels for low-dimensional ordered arrays. This Review summarizes the current state of research on the functionalization of porous coordination polymers.

Abstract

The chemistry of the coordination polymers has in recent years advanced extensively, affording various architectures, which are constructed from a variety of molecular building blocks with different interactions between them. The next challenge is the chemical and physical functionalization of these architectures, through the porous properties of the frameworks. This review concentrates on three aspects of coordination polymers: 1) the use of crystal engineering to construct porous frameworks from connectors and linkers (“nanospace engineering”), 2) characterizing and cataloging the porous properties by functions for storage, exchange, separation, etc., and 3) the next generation of porous functions based on dynamic crystal transformations caused by guest molecules or physical stimuli. Our aim is to present the state of the art chemistry and physics of and in the micropores of porous coordination polymers.

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