Volume 47, Issue 44 pp. 8446-8449
Communication

Template-Directed Assembly of Zeolite-like Metal–Organic Frameworks (ZMOFs): A usf-ZMOF with an Unprecedented Zeolite Topology

Yunling Liu Dr.

Yunling Liu Dr.

Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue (CHE 205), Tampa, FL 33620 (USA), Fax: (+1) 813-974-3203

State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012 (P.R. China)

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Victor Ch. Kravtsov Dr.

Victor Ch. Kravtsov Dr.

Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue (CHE 205), Tampa, FL 33620 (USA), Fax: (+1) 813-974-3203

Institute of Applied Physics of Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Academiei 5, MD2028 Chisinau (Moldova)

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Mohamed Eddaoudi Prof. Dr.

Mohamed Eddaoudi Prof. Dr.

Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue (CHE 205), Tampa, FL 33620 (USA), Fax: (+1) 813-974-3203

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First published: 15 October 2008
Citations: 257

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the National Science Foundation (DMR 0548117) and the Department of Energy DOE-BES (DE0FG02-07ER4670).

Graphical Abstract

Better off med: The assembly of eight-coordinate indium molecular building blocks (MBBs) and 4,5-imidazoledicarboxylate (Himdc) ligands in the presence of a structure-directing agent results in the formation a novel 4-connected zeolite-like metal–organic framework (ZMOF) with an unprecedented zeolite topology (med topology, see picture; In green, C gray, N blue, O red; the framework topology of usf-ZMOF is shown in green tetrahedra).

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