title: Bottom-up synthesis of porous coordination frameworks: apical substitution of a pentanuclear tetrahedral precursor.
abstract: Top down goes bottom up: A family of microporous interpenetrating diamond frameworks can be constructed from a pentanuclear tetrahedral complex with nitrate groups at the apical positions as an inorganic precursor. A "bottom-up" methodology was used for substitution of the nitrate groups by linear ditopic carboxylate ligands (see picture). The Langmuir surface area of the resulting frameworks is higher than that of classical zeolites.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Functional Materials Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130024, China.
authors.forename: Xin-Long
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Shui-Xing
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Kui-Zhan
authors.initials: KZ
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Ya-Qian
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.forename: Shuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Dong-Xia
authors.initials: DX
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Zhong-Min
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: En-Bo
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Wang