title: A metal-organic framework with covalently bound organometallic complexes.
abstract: A procedure for making covalently linked organometallic complexes within the pores of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) has been described. An N-heterocyclic carbene precursor containing link L0 was prepared and then constructed into a MOF-5-type structure (IRMOF-76). Attempts to produce covalently bound organometallic complexes in IRMOF-76 were unsuccessful. An alternative way of linking the first metalated link, L1, into the desired metalated MOF structure, IRMOF-77, was successful. IRMOF-76 and -77 were characterized by single-crystal X-ray studies. Demonstration of permanent porosity and successful substitution of the pyridine coligand in IRMOF-77 are also described.
authors.affiliation: Center for Reticular Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. oisaki@mol.f.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kounosuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oisaki
authors.forename: Qiaowei
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hiroyasu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: Alexander U
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Czaja
authors.forename: Omar M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Yaghi