Topotactic elimination of water across a C-C ligand bond in a dense 3-D metal-organic framework

Article abstract of DOI:10.1039/c4cc06136e

Upon heating, lithium l-malate undergoes topotactic dehydration to form a phase containing the unsaturated fumarate ligand, in which the original 3-D framework remains intact. Insight into this unusual transformation has been obtained by single crystal X-ray diffraction, MAS-NMR, in situ powder X-ray diffraction and DFT calculations. This journal is