title: Ring-opening reactions within porous metal-organic frameworks.
abstract: Two new metal-organic framework (MOF) structures, IRMOF-3b and -3c, were prepared by ring-opening reaction of 1,3-propanesultone and 2-methylaziridine with an amine functionalized MOF, IRMOF-3. The new structures are permanently functionalized with covalently linked sulfonate and alkyamine units, respectively. The underlying framework structure is retained after reaction as confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction. The high porosity of IRMOF-3 is also maintained, as evidenced by nitrogen adsorption experiments, which yield Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface areas of 1380 and 530 m(2) g(-1) compared to 2040 m(2) g(-1) in the parent material. Ring-opening reactions provide a versatile route to irreversible binding of a range of functionalities that are otherwise difficult to access in MOFs.
authors.affiliation: Center for Reticular Chemistry at the California NanoSystems Institute, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-Los Angeles, 607 East Charles E. Young Drive, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. dbritt@chem.ucla.edu
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Britt
authors.forename: Chain
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authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Fernando J
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authors.lastname: Uribe-Romo
authors.forename: Hiroyasu
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authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: Omar M
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authors.lastname: Yaghi