title: [Al4(OH)2(OCH3)4(H2N-bdc)3] x xH(2)O: a 12-connected porous metal-organic framework with an unprecedented aluminum-containing brick.
abstract: Al together now! A new stable aluminum aminoterephthalate system contains octameric building blocks that are connected by organic linkers to form a 12-connected net (see picture). The structure adopts a cubic centered packing motive in which octameric units replace individual atoms, thus forming distorted octahedral (red sphere) and tetrahedral cages (green spheres) with effective accessible diameters of 1 and 0.45 nm, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Max-Eyth-Strasse 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ahnfeldt
authors.forename: Nathalie
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authors.lastname: Guillou
authors.forename: Daniel
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authors.lastname: Gunzelmann
authors.forename: Irene
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authors.lastname: Margiolaki
authors.forename: Thierry
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authors.lastname: Loiseau
authors.forename: Gérard
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authors.lastname: Férey
authors.forename: Jürgen
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authors.lastname: Senker
authors.forename: Norbert
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authors.lastname: Stock