title: Investigation of acid sites in a zeotypic giant pores chromium(III) carboxylate.
abstract: A study of the zeotypic giant pores chromium(III) tricarboxylate Cr(III)3OF(x)(OH)(1-x)(H2O)2 x {C6H3-(CO2)3}2 x nH2O (MIL-100) has been performed. First, its thermal behavior, studied by X-ray thermodiffractometry and infrared spectroscopy, indicates that the departure of water occurs without any pore contraction and no loss in crystallinity, which confirms the robustness of the framework. In a second step, IR spectroscopy has shown the presence of three distinct types of hydroxy groups depending on the outgassing conditions; first, at high temperatures (573 K), only Cr-OH groups with a medium Brønsted acidity are present; at lower temperatures, two types of Cr-H2O terminal groups are observed; and at room temperature, their relatively high Brønsted acidity allows them to combine with H-bonded water molecules. Finally, a CO sorption study has revealed that at least three Lewis acid sites are present in MIL-100 and that fluorine atoms are located on a terminal position on the trimers of octahedra. A first result of grafting of methanol molecules acting as basic organic molecules on the chromium sites has also been shown, opening the way for a postsynthesis functionalization of MIL-100.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Catalyse et Spectrochimie, UMR 6506, CNRS, ENSICAEN and Université de Caen, 6, Boulevard Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vimont
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Goupil
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lavalley
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daturi
authors.forename: Suzy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Surblé
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Serre
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Millange
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Férey
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Audebrand