Volume 45, Issue 10 pp. 1557-1559
Communication

Ligand-Directed Strategy for Zeolite-Type Metal–Organic Frameworks: Zinc(II) Imidazolates with Unusual Zeolitic Topologies

Xiao-Chun Huang Dr.

Xiao-Chun Huang Dr.

State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China, Fax: (+86) 20-8411-2245

Department of Chemistry, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, China

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Yan-Yong Lin

Yan-Yong Lin

State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China, Fax: (+86) 20-8411-2245

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Jie-Peng Zhang Dr.

Jie-Peng Zhang Dr.

State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China, Fax: (+86) 20-8411-2245

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Xiao-Ming Chen Prof. Dr.

Xiao-Ming Chen Prof. Dr.

State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China, Fax: (+86) 20-8411-2245

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First published: 20 February 2006
Citations: 1,634

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 20531070) and the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Bureau (No. 04205405).

Graphical Abstract

Thermally robust porous metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with zeolitic topologies were constructed by means of a ligand-directed strategy involving molecular tailoring of simple bridging imidazolates with coordinatively unimportant substituents. This led to the isolation of three new MOFs having unusually high symmetries, intriguing topologies such as the supercage shown in the picture, and high thermal stability.

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