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BULLETIN OF THE KOREAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 44, Issue 1, Pages 55-59Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.12637
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metal-organic polyhedra; self-assembly; single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation; supramolecules; porous materials
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This study demonstrates the single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation of a cuboctahedral metal-organic polyhedron through simple solvent exchange, resulting in enhanced interactions and increased porosity.
Metal-organic polyhedra (MOPs) are intrinsically porous cage-like structures; however, they frequently display low porosity due to their agglomeration caused by solvent exchange and removal, which results in the blockage of pore windows. This study presents the unprecedented single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation of a cuboctahedral MOP-OH ([Cu24L24], H2L = 5-hydroxybenzene-1,3-dicarboxylic acid) using a simple solvent exchange from coordinating N,N-diethylformamide to weakly coordinating chloroform. Following the solvent exchange, the interaction between the cages in the resultant MOP self-assembly is strengthened while the interaction between the cages and solvents is decreased. The N-2 uptake and the surface areas of the MOPs are highly correlated with the cage arrangements: the tightly packed MOPs in chloroform are the most porous among the prepared samples, whereas the loosely packed MOPs are less porous. Scanning electron microscopy reveals that the tight packing of MOPs prevents the crystals from being deteriorating during solvent removal.
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