title: The use of ionic liquids in the synthesis of zinc imidazolate frameworks.
abstract: Four zinc imidazolate materials has been synthesized under ionothermal conditions using ionic liquids; [Zn(C2O4)(C3N2H4)], P21/a (1); [Zn(CH3COO)(C3N2H3)], Ima2 (2); [Zn4(C3N2H4)(C3N2H3)8], P (3) and [Zn(C3N2H3)2], I41 (4). Compounds 1 and 4 have already known structures, but have been synthesised for the first time using ionothermal methods. Compounds 2 and 3 are novel and have been synthesized for the first time in this work. The syntheses of 3 and 4 take place under almost exactly the same conditions, except that a lower synthesis temperature leads to a proportion of terminal imidazolate units in the structure of 3 while a slightly higher temperature leads to all bridging imidazolate units in 4.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UKKY16 9QT.
authors.forename: Gesley A V
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Byrne
authors.forename: Phoebe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Allan
authors.forename: Simon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Teat
authors.forename: Alexandra M Z
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Slawin
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Russell E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Morris
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D052578:Ionic Liquids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007093:Imidazoles; D052578:Ionic Liquids; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D015032:Zinc