title: Topotactic elimination of water across a C-C ligand bond in a dense 3-D metal-organic framework.
abstract: Upon heating, lithium L-malate undergoes topotactic dehydration to form a phase containing the unsaturated fumarate ligand, in which the original 3-D framework remains intact. Insight into this unusual transformation has been obtained by single crystal X-ray diffraction, MAS-NMR, in situ powder X-ray diffraction and DFT calculations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, Cambridge University, Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge, UKCB3 0FS. akc30@cam.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Hamish H-M
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Yeung
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kosa
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.forename: Clare P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Grey
authors.forename: Dan T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Major
authors.forename: Anthony K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Cheetham