title: Chiral transformations of achiral porous metal-organic frameworks via a stepwise approach.
abstract: A family of chiral porous metal-organic frameworks were synthesized through an unprecedented chiral transformation process only involving achiral components. This method may provide a new point of view to rationally design targeted chiral MOFs and may shed light on the symmetry breaking mechanism.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, Jilin 130022, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Fei-Yan
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hai-Xia
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhong-Ming
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D002104:Cadmium / Q000737:chemistry; D003035:Cobalt / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D016062:Porosity; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D002104:Cadmium; D003035:Cobalt