Interconversion between Molecular Polyhedra and Metal− Organic Frameworks

JR Li, DJ Timmons, HC Zhou

Index: Li, Jian-Rong; Timmons, Daren J.; Zhou, Hong-Cai Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009 , vol. 131, p. 6368 - 6369

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Citation Number: 194

Abstract

The construction of a metal− organic framework (MOF) with a pcu-a topology using a preassembled soluble molecular octahedron has been realized experimentally. The resulting MOF can also be reversibly converted to the molecular octahedron. All such conversions are based on axial-ligand substitution reactions on the molecular octahedron.