Selective recovery of dynamic guest structure in a nanoporous prussian blue through in situ X-ray diffraction: a differential pair distribution function analysis

Karena W Chapman; Peter J Chupas; Cameron J Kepert

doi:10.1021/ja053266k

Selective recovery of dynamic guest structure in a nanoporous prussian blue through in situ X-ray diffraction: a differential pair distribution function analysis

J Am Chem Soc. 2005 Aug 17;127(32):11232-3. doi: 10.1021/ja053266k.

Authors

Karena W Chapman¹, Peter J Chupas, Cameron J Kepert

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.

PMID: 16089438
DOI: 10.1021/ja053266k

Abstract

We use in situ X-ray diffraction to obtain data suitable for differential PDF analysis, providing unique insight into the structure of weakly bound, dynamic N2 molecules in the Prussian blue system Mn3[Co(CN)6]2.x{N2}. The differential PDF shows a distributed orientation of N2 molecules constrained to sites centered about the (1/4,1/4,1/4) positions within the pores. The results show a subtle response of the framework to guest loading which corresponds principally to the perturbation of the Mn ion coordination.