title: A lithium-organic framework with coordinatively unsaturated metal sites that reversibly binds water.
abstract: The synthesis and characterisation of a three-dimensional lithium-organic framework MIL-145 is described, which upon thermal treatment yields a second open framework, MIL-146, that contains four and three-coordinate lithium centres: the coordinatively unsaturated trigonal planar lithium centres are able to reversibly bind water with crystallinity maintained, while the dehydrated phase shows preferential adsorption of CO(2) over N(2).
authors.affiliation: Institut Lavoisier Versailles, Université de Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UMR CNRS 8180, 45 Avenue des Etats-Unis, 78035 Versailles, France.
authors.forename: Racha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: El Osta
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frigoli
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marrot
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guillou
authors.forename: Hubert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chevreau
authors.forename: Richard I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Walton
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Millange