Volume 62, Issue 29 e202306360
Communication

Assembling a Heterobimetallic Actinide Metal-Organic Framework by a Reaction-Induced Preorganization Strategy

Sen Mei

Sen Mei

State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123 China

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Lixi Chen

Lixi Chen

State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123 China

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Hailong Zhang

Hailong Zhang

State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123 China

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Zhiwei Li

Zhiwei Li

State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123 China

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Liwei Cheng

Liwei Cheng

State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123 China

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Junhao Lu

Junhao Lu

State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123 China

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Xiaoqi Li

Xiaoqi Li

State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123 China

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Qian Yang

Qian Yang

State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123 China

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Prof. Yanlong Wang

Corresponding Author

Prof. Yanlong Wang

State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123 China

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Zhiyong Liu

Zhiyong Liu

State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123 China

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Prof. Zhifang Chai

Prof. Zhifang Chai

State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123 China

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Prof. Shuao Wang

Corresponding Author

Prof. Shuao Wang

State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123 China

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First published: 21 May 2023
Citations: 6

Graphical Abstract

Benefiting from the unique architecture of the largest-unit-cell thorium metal–organic framework (MOF), a second actinide, uranyl, with dintinct coordination behaviour was successfully assembled into the framework via a novel reaction-induced preorganization strategy to yield a rare single crystalline heterobimetallic actinide MOF.

Abstract

Periodically arranging coordination-distinct actinides into one crystalline architecture is intriguing but of great synthetic challenge. We report a rare example of a heterobimetallic actinide metal–organic framework (An-MOF) by a unique reaction-induced preorganization strategy. A thorium MOF (SCU-16) with the largest unit cell among all Th-MOFs was prepared as the precursor, then the uranyl was precisely embedded into the MOF precursor under oxidation condition. Single crystal of the resulting thorium-uranium MOF (SCU-16-U) shows that a uranyl-specific site was in situ induced by the formate-to-carbonate oxidation reaction. The heterobimetallic SCU-16-U exhibits multifunction catalysis properties derived from two distinct actinides. The strategy proposed here offers a new avenue to create mixed-actinide functional material with unique architecture and versatile functionality.

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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