2-Fold Interpenetrating Bifunctional Cd-Metal-Organic Frameworks: Highly Selective Adsorption for CO2 and Sensitive Luminescent Sensing of Nitro Aromatic 2,4,6-Trinitrophenol

A robust primitive diamond-type topology 3-D metal-organic framework (MOF) of {[Cd-4(hbhdpy)(2)(bdc)(3)(DMA)(2)]center dot(H2O)(4)}(n) (1, DMA = N,N-dimethylacetamide) was constructed from the planar secondary building units of the dinuclear cadmium clusters, Cd-2(mu(2)-O)(2), and two linear organic linkers of the new multidentate Schiff base of 4-(2-hydroxy-3-methoxy-benzyli-denehydrazino-carbonyl)-N-pyridin-4-yl-benza-mide (Hhbhdpy) through the solvothermal reaction. 1 presents a 2-fold interpenetrating network along with confined narrow channels and rich acylamide groups as well as potential metal open sites for excellent selective CO2 uptake over CH4/N-2 and high luminescent response for 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP) in DMA solution under ambient conditions. With 2-amino-1,4-dicarboxy-benzene (H(2)bdc-NH2) replacing H(2)bdc, an amine-functionalized MOF of {[Cd-4(hbhdpy)(2)(bdc-NH2)(3) (DMA)(2)]center dot(H2O)(4)}(n) (1-NH2) as an isomorphism of 1, was synthesized under the same reaction conditions. Compared with 1, the corresponding bifunctional features of 1-NH2 is more obvious. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first reported interpenetrating Cd-MOFs with highly sensitive luminescence response for TNP molecules combined with excellent selectivity for CO2/N-2 and CO2/CH4.