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Angewandte
Communications
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201310004
Small-Molecule Binding
Scorpionate-Type Coordination in MFU-4l Metal–Organic
Frameworks: Small-Molecule Binding and Activation upon the
Thermally Activated Formation of Open Metal Sites**
Dmytro Denysenko, Maciej Grzywa, Jelena Jelic, Karsten Reuter, and Dirk Volkmer*
Abstract: Postsynthetic metal and ligand exchange is a versatile
approach towards functionalized MFU-4l frameworks. Upon
thermal treatment of MFU-4l formates, coordinatively strongly
unsaturated metal centers, such as zinc(II) hydride or cop-
another well-established MOF family with interesting chemi-
sorption properties. CPO-27-Fe, for example, showed rever-
sible chemisorption of O2 and N2 with initial heats of
À1
adsorption of 41 and 35 kJmol , respectively. However, O
2
I
per(I) species, are generated selectively. Cu -MFU-4l prepared
chemisorption was reversible at À628C, whereas at room
in this way was stable under ambient conditions and showed
fully reversible chemisorption of small molecules, such as O2,
N , and H , with corresponding isosteric heats of adsorption of
temperature the irreversible formation of a dimeric iron(III)
[
8]
peroxide was observed. A weak chemisorption of hydrogen
with well-defined 1:1 stoichiometry (metal sites/H ) was
2
2
2
À1
5
3, 42, and 32 kJmol , respectively, as determined by gas-
reported for CPO-27-Ni, with an initial heat of adsorption
À1
sorption measurements and confirmed by DFT calculations.
of 13.5 kJmol , which ranks among the highest values
I
[9]
Moreover, Cu -MFU-4l formed stable complexes with C H
reported for a MOF material. In contrast, compound 5,
2
4
and CO. These complexes were characterized by FTIR
spectroscopy. The demonstrated hydride transfer to electro-
philes and strong binding of small gas molecules suggests these
novel, yet robust, metal–organic frameworks with open metal
sites as promising catalytic materials comprising earth-abun-
dant metal elements.
presented herein, shows fully reversible binding of O , N , and
2
2
H molecules under ambient conditions. To the best of our
2
knowledge, no copper(I)-containing metal–organic frame-
work has previously been shown to possess similar chemi-
sorption properties, although IR investigations on monomeric
CuCl embedded in an Ar matrix gave first experimental proof
I
of the formation of a Cu –H complex, in which H binds in
2
2
[
10]
[11]
M
etal–organic frameworks with open metal sites have been
a side-on coordination mode. The chemisorption of N2
[1]
[12]
proposed for many different applications, such as catalysis,
and H2
on copper-exchanged zeolites has also been
[
2]
[3]
[4]
gas storage and capture, separation, and sensing. How-
ever, most known MOFs with free metal centers are only able
to bind typical Lewis bases, such as CO or H O, whereas the
described previously. For these microporous compounds,
I
I
Cu –N and Cu –H adducts were characterized by spectro-
2
2
scopic methods (mainly IR spectroscopy). However, presum-
2
2
I
activation of unreactive small molecules, such as O , N , and
ably as a result of the relatively low Cu content, no accurate
2
2
H , still remains a challenge.
values of N or H binding energies were reported.
2
2
2
[
5]
[5]
[6]
Molecular dioxygen, dinitrogen, and dihydrogen
We herein describe a new approach towards such highly
active metal centers in a metal–organic framework based on
complexes have attracted significant attention in coordination
chemistry. Only very few stable MOFs with open metal
centers have been described that are able to bind these
2
À
MFU-4l, constructed from bistriazolate BTDD ligands and
6
+
[13]
{Zn Cl } building units (Figure 1). Coordination frame-
5
4
II
2
molecules. A structural analogue of CuBTC, Cr (BTC) ,
works derived from the MFU-4 family show exceptional
robustness against thermal and hydrolytic decomposition
and are therefore attractive for technical applications, such as
3
II
[14]
containing dinuclear Cr paddle-wheel units, was shown to
[
7]
bind oxygen at room temperature. However, after the first
adsorption step, only approximately 82% of the total amount
of oxygen could be desorbed, thus indicating that 18% of the
O2 binds irreversibly. CPO-27 (also termed MOF-74) is
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*] D. Denysenko, Dr. M. Grzywa, Prof. Dr. D. Volkmer
Universitꢁt Augsburg, Institut fꢂr Physik
Lehrstuhl fꢂr Festkçrperchemie
Universitꢁtsstrasse 1, 86159 Augsburg (Germany)
E-mail: dirk.volkmer@physik.uni-augsburg.de
Dr. J. Jelic, Prof. Dr. K. Reuter
Technische Universitꢁt Mꢂnchen
Chair of Theoretical Chemistry and Catalysis Research Center
Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85747 Garching (Germany)
[**] We gratefully acknowledge funding by the priority program 1362
“
Porous Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs)” of the Deutsche
Figure 1. Solvothermal synthesis of MFU-4l. Atom colors: Zn (octahe-
dral) pink, Zn (tetrahedral) yellow, Cl green, O red, N blue, C gray, H
white. The black square outlines the cubic unit cell of MFU-4l (space
Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).
ꢀ
group: Fm3m, a=31.057 ꢀ; see Ref.[13]).
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