Metal-organic frameworks utilising an interlocked, hexadentate linker containing a tetra-carboxylate axle and a bis(pyridine) wheel.
A [2]rotaxane linker was synthesized which combines an H-shaped axle containing four 3-carboxyphenyl groups and a macrocyclic wheel with two 4-pyridyl groups. Metal-organic framework materials were prepared with CuIIand ZnIIions X-ray structures show that the materials contain unique frameworks that are threaded solely due to the interpenetrated nature of the linker.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4. loeb@uwindsor.ca.
Ghazale
G
Gholami
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4. loeb@uwindsor.ca.
Giorgio
G
Baggi
School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China. zhukelong@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Kelong
K
Zhu
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4. loeb@uwindsor.ca.
Stephen J
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8454-6443
SJ
Loeb