Tuning the hydrophobicity of zinc dipyridyl paddlewheel metal-organic frameworks for selective sorption

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A series of isostructural noncatenated, water-stable zinc-based dipyridyl pillared-paddlewheel metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) was synthesized with tunable pore hydrophobicity. Pore hydrophobicity was engendered through dipyridyl ligands decorated with alkyl chains of varying length (methyl to hexyl). The most hydrophobic MOFs exhibited selective sorption of ethanol over water.

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Tuning the Hydrophobicity of Zinc Dipyridyl Paddlewheel Metal−
Organic Frameworks for Selective Sorption
Mitchell H. Weston, Amelia A. Delaquil, Amy A. Sarjeant, Omar K. Farha,* Joseph T. Hupp,*
and SonBinh T. Nguyen*
Department of Chemistry and the International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road,
Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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* Supporting Information
ABSTRACT: A series of isostructural noncatenated, water-stable zinc-based dipyridyl
pillared-paddlewheel metal−organic frameworks (MOFs) was synthesized with tunable
pore hydrophobicity. Pore hydrophobicity was engendered through dipyridyl ligands
decorated with alkyl chains of varying length (methyl to hexyl). The most hydrophobic
MOFs exhibited selective sorption of ethanol over water.
dicyclohexylphosphino-2′,6′-dimethoxybiphenyl (40 mg, 0.10 mmol),
1,4-dioxane (12 mL), and water (6 mL) were combined in a
microwave vial (20 mL, capacity designates the amount of solution
that can be safely loaded) equipped with a magnetic stir bar. The
resulting mixture was degassed for 30 min by a bubbling stream of N2.
The vial was then capped and heated at 100 °C in a microwave reactor
for 6 h. The mixture was cooled to rt, filtered through Celite,
concentrated, and purified using column chromatography (25% ethyl
acetate/hexanes to 60% ethyl acetate/hexanes) to afford L1a as white
crystals (397 mg, 79%) after isolation. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ
= 8.68 (d, J = 5.8 Hz, 4H), 7.38 (d, J = 5.8 Hz, 4H), 3.59 (s, 12H)
ppm. 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 149.3, 147.0, 142.1, 128.6,
125.5, 61.1. ESI-MS: calcd. for C20H20N2O4 352.14; found 352.14.
4,4′-(2,3,5,6-Tetraethoxy-1,4-phenylene)dipyridine (L1b). 1H
NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.67 (d, J = 5.6 Hz, 4H), 7.41 (d, J = 5.9
Hz, 4H), 3.78 (q, J = 7.0 Hz, 8H), 1.06 (t, J = 7.0 Hz, 12H). 13C NMR
(125 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 149.2, 146.2, 142.5, 129.0, 125.7, 69.6, 15.6.
ESI-MS: calcd. for C24H28N2O4 408.2049; found 408.205.
4,4′-(2,3,5,6-Tetrapropoxy-1,4-phenylene)dipyridine (L1c).
1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.59 (d, J = 5.2 Hz, 4H), 7.35 (d,
J = 5.8 Hz, 4H), 3.60 (t, J = 6.6 Hz, 8H), 1.40 − 1.32 (m, 8H), 0.64 (t,
J = 7.4 Hz, 12H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl3): δ = 149.1, 146.4,
142.6, 129.1, 126.0, 75.7, 23.4, 10.4. ESI-MS: calcd. for C28H36N2O4
464.2675; found 464.268.
4,4′-(2,3,5,6-Tetrabutoxy-1,4-phenylene)dipyridine (L1d).
1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.66 (d, J = 5.6 Hz, 4H), 7.40 (d,
J = 5.8 Hz, 4H), 3.69 (t, J = 6.4 Hz, 8H), 1.39 (dt, J = 14.3, 6.5 Hz,
8H), 1.18 − 1.06 (m, 8H), 0.74 (t, J = 7.4 Hz, 12H). 13C NMR (125
INTRODUCTION
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Since their inception, metal−organic frameworks (MOFs) have
been recognized as promising candidates for a wide range of
applications such as gas storage,1−8 separations,9−12 cataly-
sis,13−18 sensing,19,20 and light harvesting.21−25 The extensive
interest in MOFs for these applications stems in part from their
highly desirable combination of permanent porosity and
tailorability.26 By employing a particular combination of
building blocks from the myriad of available organic ligands
and metal nodes, MOFs with a wide range of structures and
micropore environments can be designed and tuned for many
applications of interest. Despite the large selection of available
MOFs, many current MOFs of interest suffer from instability
upon prolonged exposure to water,27,28 which precludes their
use in processes where water is a significant component.
Herein, we report a systematic attempt to tune the hydro-
phobicity of the pore environment within a series of
isostructural water-stable zinc-cornered pillared-paddlewheel
MOFs by varying the length of appended alkyl chains on one of
the two struts. The resulting materials were found to have
selective sorption properties against water and preference for a
series of hydrocarbon solvents depending on the appended
alkyl chain length.
EXPERIMENTAL SECTION
Representative procedure for the synthesis of L1(a-f) (see Scheme S1
in the Supporting Information (SI)).
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4,4′-(2,3,5,6-Tetramethoxy-1,4-phenylene)dipyridine (L1a).
1,4-Dibromo-2,3,5,6-tetramethoxy benzene (S1a) (505 mg, 1.23
mmol), pyridin-4-ylboronic acid (445 mg, 3.62 mmol), palladium
acetate (11 mg, 0.05 mmol), LiOH·H2O (167 mg, 4.0 mmol), 2-
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Revised: April 30, 2013
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Scheme 1. Synthesis of RO-MOF(a-f) where R = Methyl (RO-MOFa), Ethyl (RO-MOFb), Propyl (RO-MOFc), Butyl (RO-
MOFd), Pentyl (RO-MOFe), or Hexyl (RO-MOFf)
MHz, CDCl3): δ = 149.1, 146.3, 142.4, 129.0, 125.9, 73.6, 32.1, 18.9,
13.7. ESI-MS: calcd. for C32H44N2O4 520.3301; found 520.330.
4,4′-(2,3,5,6-Tetrapentoxy-1,4-phenylene)dipyridine (L1e).
1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.59 (d, J = 5.6 Hz, 4H), 7.34 (d,
J = 5.7 Hz, 4H), 3.62 (t, J = 6.5 Hz, 8H), 1.40 − 1.29 (m, 8H), 1.11 −
0.95 (m, 16H), 0.72 (t, J = 7.1 Hz, 12H). 13C NMR (125 MHz,
CDCl3): δ = 149.1, 146.4, 142.4, 129.0, 126.0, 74.0, 29.8, 28.0, 22.4,
14.0. ESI-MS: calcd. for C36H52N2O4 576.3927; found 576.393.
data can be obtained for RO-MOFa and RO-MOFc (Figure
1a), full structural data could not be obtained for the others,
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4,4′-(2,3,5,6-tetrahexoxy-1,4-phenylene)dipyridine (L1f). H
NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.66 (d, J = 4.9 Hz, 4H), 7.48 (s, 4H),
3.69 (t, J = 6.4 Hz, 8H), 1.45−1.37 (m, 8H), 1.25−1.15 (m, 8H),
1.15−1.05 (m, 16H), 0.83 (t, J = 7.2 Hz, 12H). 13C NMR (125 MHz,
CDCl3): δ = 148.2, 146.5, 143.7, 129.0, 126.4, 74.2, 31.6, 30.1, 25.6,
22.7, 14.2. ESI-MS: calcd. for C40H60N2O4 632.4553; found 632.455.
Representative Synthesis of RO-MOF(a-f). RO-MOFa. Dipyr-
idyl ligand L1a (45 mg, 0.128 mmol), tetracarboxy ligand L2 (62 mg,
0.085 mmol), and Zn(NO3)2·6H2O (51 mg, 0.17 mmol) were
suspended in DMF (18 mL) and untrasonicated until homogeneous.
Conc. HCl (5 μL) was added and the solution was mixed and
partitioned equally between six 2 dram vials. The vials were then
capped and heated in an oven at 80 °C. After 3 days, the vials were
removed from the oven and allowed to cool to rt. The mother liquor
was decanted from the crystals and replaced with fresh DMF (5 mL).
The vial was capped and kept at ambient lab conditions for two days,
over which time the supernatant was decanted and replenished with
fresh DMF (5 mL) four times to remove any extra ligands and nodes.
At this point, the TGA profile of the as-synthesized materials was
measured and the amount of adsorbed DMF was used to determine
crystal yields (35 mg, 34%).
For activation, the as-synthesized RO-MOF crystals were
suspended in fresh THF (5 mL) and kept at ambient lab conditions
for two days, over which time the supernatant was decanted and
replenished with fresh THF (5 mL) four times to remove adsorbed
DMF. At the end of the last decantation cycle, the crystals were
collected and heated at 80 °C under high vacuum for 2 h immediately
prior to gas- or vapor-sorption measurements.
Figure 1. (a) Crystallography-derived stick representations of the unit
cells of RO-MOFa and RO-MOFc (yellow polyhedral = Zn, blue = N,
red = O, gray = C). Hydrogen atoms and disordered solvent molecules
have been omitted for clarity. (b) PXRD patterns for RO-MOFa-f and
simulated RO-MOFa.
largely due to the distortion caused by the rotation of the alkyl
chains. Nonetheless, the available single-crystal diffraction data
revealed that all the MOFs have similar unit cell parameters (a
= 11 Å, b = 16 Å, c = 18 Å). The alignment of the PXRD
patterns of the RO-MOFs (Figure 1b), as well as the agreement
between the bulk experimental PXRD pattern of RO-MOFa
and its simulated PXRD pattern, clearly illustrate the
isostructural relationship among the members in this series.
Further supporting this structural assignment is the observation
that samples of D2SO4-digested RO-MOF(a-f) all possess
stoichiometric ratios of their parent ligands, as verified by NMR
spectroscopy (see Section S3 in the SI). In the case of RO-
MOF(c-f), L1(c-f) ligands underwent acid-induced ether
cleavage upon exposure to D2SO4, most likely due to the
formation of stable carbocations; however, the remaining
pyridyl protons related to ligands L1(c-f) showed stoichio-
metric agreement with those for L2.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
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Given our long-standing interests in the synthesis of zinc-
cornered paddlewheel mixed ligand MOFs containing bis-
(pyridyl) struts with tailorable microporous environ-
ments,16,21,29−34 we employed this structural motif as a
platform for examining the hydrophobicity of pore environ-
ments. In particular, we selected dipyridyl ligands L1(a-f),
which can be functionalized with various alkyl substituents to a
high degree that allows for the hydrophobicity of the MOF
micropore environment to be tuned in a systematic and
symmetric manner. For the second building block, we select the
tetratopic carboxy ligand L2, which has been shown to prohibit
catenation.32,33
RO-MOF(a-f) are synthesized by combining L1(a-f) and L2
together in the presence of zinc nitrate under solvothermal
conditions (Scheme 1). While good single-crystal diffraction
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The hoped-for porosity, as suggested by the large three-
dimensional noncatenated channels in the crystal structures of
the RO-MOF(a-f) materials, was confirmed through TGA
measurements (Figure 2), which uniformly revealed ∼30−40%
Table 1. Vapor-Sorption Capacities of RO-MOFa and RO-
MOFf
surface
area
water
vapor
uptake
ethanol
n-pentane
toluene
vapor
vapor
vapor
a
b
b
b
b
MOF
(CO2)
uptake
uptake
uptake
RO-MOFa
RO-MOFf
355
200
3.00
2.21
0.82
3.00
0.050
1.14
0.058
1.33
a
Isotherms were measured at 273 K and surface areas were calculated
b
using NLDFT analysis. Isotherms were measured at 298 K in mmol
(vapor)/mmol (MOF) at 80% vapor-saturation pressures.
The significant solvent-uptake capacities of our RO-MOF
series in spite of their lower-than-expected gas-sorption surface
areas prompted us to examine their ability to uptake vapors of
solvents with varying degrees of polarity. To evaluate the vapor
sorption capabilities at the two extreme ends of the series, we
selected RO-MOFa and RO-MOFf, which show remarkably
different vapor-sorption isotherms (Figure 4). Given the nearly
Figure 2. TGA profiles of as-synthesized RO-MOF(a-f).
mass loss at ∼110 °C due to entrapped solvent (DMF). TGA
measurements also indicate high stabilities, as all MOFs showed
no sign of framework pyrolysis until >300 °C. Further analysis
of the representative framework RO-MOFa reveals that it is
stable and can be resolvated after solvent removal (by heating
to 80 °C under dynamic vacuum) with almost no loss of
capacity for guest solvents (see Figure S25 in the SI).
After activation, RO-MOF(a-f) all displayed permanent
microporosity as shown by gas adsorption (CO2 at 273 K,
Figure 3). Unfortunately, these RO-MOFs, regardless of
Figure 4. Vapor-sorption isotherms at 298 K for RO-MOFa (blue
dotted line) and RO-MOFf (orange solid line) (triangle = water, circle
= ethanol, square = toluene, and diamond = n-pentane).
twice-as-large available surface of RO-MOFa, its greater total
uptake of water vapor is not surprising (3.00 mmol/mmol vs
2.21 mmol/mmol for RO-MOFf). However, RO-MOFf starkly
surpasses RO-MOFa in ethanol uptake (3.00 mmol/mmol vs
0.82 mmol/mmol at 80% vapor-saturation pressure), which we
attributed to a higher degree of hydrophobicity within its
cavities. Finally, the uptake of nonpolar molecules such as
toluene and n-pentane is negligible for RO-MOFa when
balanced against uptakes of the same solvents in RO-MOFf
(1.33 and 1.14 mmol/mmol respectively). Considering the
kinetic diameters of n-pentane (4.5 Å),41 toluene (5.3 Å),41 and
ethanol (4.5 Å),41 all of which significantly exceed that of water
(2.6 Å),10 a lower absolute uptake of n-pentane and toluene is
expected even in the highly hydrophobic cavities of RO-MOFf.
However, the greater total uptake of the larger ethanol, toluene,
and n-pentane molecules over the smaller water molecules in
RO-MOFf clearly indicates that it is possible to tune the
hydrophobicity in the cavities of these MOFs for selective
adsorptions of different vapors. On the other hand, given the
smaller size of n-pentane, size alone does not fully explain the
preferential adsorption of toluene over n-pentane in RO-MOFf.
We hypothesize that such preferential adsorption can be
attributed in part to the slightly higher density for toluene (9.44
mmol/mL vs 8.67 mmol/mL for n-pentane).
Figure 3. CO2 isotherms measured at 273 K for RO-MOFa (blue
diamonds) and RO-MOFe (orange squares). Closed symbols,
adsorption; open symbols, desorption.
activation protocol, failed to uptake nitrogen in appreciable
amounts, which limited further sorption analysis such as BET-
determined surface areas or DFT-derived pore size distribu-
tions. Although the surface areas of these materials (Table 1;
see also Table S1 in the SI) are significantly lower (355 m2/g
for RO-MOFa) than expected, this is not uncommon for
MOFs, specifically zinc-based dipyridyl paddlewheel MOFs.35
Such lower-than-expected surface areas has been attributed to
either (1) outer shell collapse,36 or (2) plate shifting observed
in flexible MOFs,19,34,37−39 both of which limits the ability of
the gas molecules to probe internal pores (Scheme S2 in the
SI). An indication of possible flexible plate shifting in the RO-
MOFs is the significant hysteresis upon CO2 desorption
(Figure 3; see also S3 in the SI), which has been observed in
other flexible dipyridyl MOFs.40
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In addition to its ability to selectively adsorb several solvents,
RO-MOFa is quite stable to water as observed through
repetitive water vapor isotherms. After one week and four
cycles, there was no recognizable deviation from the initial
water sorption isotherm (Figure S27 in the SI). The good
stability of RO-MOFa is further demonstrated in the PXRD
pattern measured after the fourth cycle of water vapor sorption,
which is in good agreement with the initial PXRD pattern of as-
synthesized RO-MOFa (see Figure S26 in the SI). In this
respect, our RO-MOFs are quite different from other zinc-
cornered MOFs in their ability to remain stable while uptaking
a moderate amount of water.28,42 We note that several recent
reports have described similar strategies for enhancing the
water stability of MOFs by appending hydrophobic alkyl groups
to the organic struts.27,43−45
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Corresponding Author
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