title: Synthesis and properties of (triptycenedicarboxylatio)zinc coordination networks.
abstract: (Triptycenedicarboxylato)zinc metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based on paddle wheel secondary building units (SBUs) with different axial ligands have been prepared. The reproducible formation of the layered paddle-wheel structures from triptycenedicarboxylic acid (H(2)TDC) and zinc nitrate under various conditions seems to be characteristic of this acid and is utilized for the construction of 3D frameworks by a pillaring approach. We attempted to bring additional functionalities into MOFs by employing the appropriate pillaring ligands, for example, bis(4-pyridyl)-s-tetrazine and bis(4-pyridyl)-dimethoxy-p-phenylenedivinylene, and investigated certain properties of some MOF materials, such as guest-exchange behavior, luminescence, microporosity, and stability.
authors.affiliation: Wacker Lehrstuhl für Makromolekulare Chemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 4, 85747 Garching b. München, Germany.
authors.forename: Sergei I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Vagin
authors.forename: Anna K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ott
authors.forename: Stephan D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: Dominic
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lanzinger
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rieger