An unprecedented (6,8)-connected self-penetrating network based on two distinct zinc clusters

Chem Commun (Camb). 2007 Dec 14:(46):4863-5. doi: 10.1039/b709835a.

Abstract

The first (6,8)-connected self-penetrating metal-organic framework has been constructed using an asymmetric neutral ligand based on dinuclear zinc clusters, as six-connected nodes, and trinuclear zinc clusters as eight-connected nodes, representing the highest-connected binodal network topology presently known for self-penetrating systems.