Entrapment of Metal Clusters in MOF Channels by Extended Hooks Anchored at Open Metal Sites

摘要

Reported here is a new concept and its practical implementation that involves the novel utilization of open metal sites (OMS) for architectural pore design. Specifically, it is shown here that OMS can be used to run extended hooks (isonicotinate in this work) from the framework wall to channel centers to effect the capture of single metal ions or clusters, with the concurrent partition of the large channel space into multiple domains, alteration of host-guest charge relationship and associated guest-exchange properties, as well as the transfer of OMS from the wall to the channel centers. The concept of the extended hook, demonstrated here in the multi-component dual-metal and dual-ligand system, should be generally applicable to a range of framework types.