title: Derivation and Decoration of Nets with Trigonal-Prismatic Nodes: A Unique Route to Reticular Synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks.
abstract: Quests for advanced functionalities in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) inevitably encounter increasing complexity in their tailored framework architectures, accompanied by heightened challenges with their geometric design. In this paper, we demonstrate the feasibility of rationally exploiting topological prediction as a blueprint for predesigned MOFs. A new triangular frusta secondary building unit (SBU), {Zn4(tz)3}, was bridged by three TDC(2-) fragments to initially form a trigonal prismatic node, {Zn8(tz)6(TDC)3} (Htz = 1H-1,2,3-triazole and H2TDC = 2,5-thiophenedicarboxylic acid). Furthermore, the trigonal prism unit can be considered as a double SBU derived from triply bound triangular frusta. By considering theoretical derived nets for linking this trigonal-prismatic node with ditopic, tritopic, and tetratopic linkers, we have synthesized and characterized a new family of MOFs that adopt the decorated lon, jea, and xai nets, respectively. Pore sizes have also been successively increased within TPMOF-n family, which facilitates heterogeneous biomimetic catalysis with Fe-porphyrin-based TPMOF-7 as a catalyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843-3255, United States.|Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University , Changchun 130024, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jun-Sheng
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University , Changchun 130024, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Dong-Ying
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Shantou University , Guangdong 515063, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Mian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843-3255, United States.
authors.forename: Xi-Zhen
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Lian
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University , Nanjing 210023, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Long-Zhang
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843-3255, United States.
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bosch
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University , Changchun 130024, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zhong-Min
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Su
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843-3255, United States.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University , Nanjing 210023, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Shun-Li
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University , Nanjing 210023, P. R. China.|Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University , Changchun 130024, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Ya-Qian
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843-3255, United States.
authors.forename: Shuai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843-3255, United States.
authors.forename: Hong-Cai
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Zhou