The use of ionic liquids in the synthesis of zinc imidazolate frameworks

Gesley A. V. Martins, Peter Joseph Byrne, Phoebe Allan, Simon J. Teat, Alexandra Martha Zoya Slawin, Yang Li, Russell Edward Morris

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Abstract

Four zinc imidazolate materials has been synthesized under ionothermal conditions using ionic liquids; [Zn(C2O4)(C3N2H4)], P2(1)/a (1); [Zn(CH3COO)(C3N2H3)], Ima2 (2); [Zn-4(C3N2H4)(C3N2H3)(8)], P (1) over bar1 (3) and [Zn(C3N2H3)(2)], I4(1) (4). Compounds 1 and 4 have already known structures, but have been synthesised for the first time using ionothermal methods. Compounds 2 and 3 are novel and have been synthesized for the first time in this work. The syntheses of 3 and 4 take place under almost exactly the same conditions, except that a lower synthesis temperature leads to a proportion of terminal imidazolate units in the structure of 3 while a slightly higher temperature leads to all bridging imidazolate units in 4.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1758-1762
Number of pages5
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume39
Issue number7
Early online date22 Dec 2009
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Feb 2010

Keywords

  • METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS
  • DOUBLE 4-RING UNITS
  • IONOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS
  • COORDINATION POLYMER
  • CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE
  • EXTENDED POLYMORPHISM
  • MOLECULAR-SIEVES
  • FLUORIDE IONS
  • SOLVENT
  • ALUMINOPHOSPHATE

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