Tetravalent silicon connectors MenSi(p-C6H4CO2H)(4-n) (n = 0, 1, 2) for the construction of metal-organic frameworks

R P Davies; R J Less; P D Lickiss; K Robertson; A J P White

doi:10.1021/ic801174d

Tetravalent silicon connectors MenSi(p-C6H4CO2H)(4-n) (n = 0, 1, 2) for the construction of metal-organic frameworks

Inorg Chem. 2008 Nov 3;47(21):9958-64. doi: 10.1021/ic801174d. Epub 2008 Oct 1.

Authors

R P Davies¹, R J Less, P D Lickiss, K Robertson, A J P White

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom. r.davies@imperial.ac.uk

PMID: 18826214
DOI: 10.1021/ic801174d

Abstract

A series of silicon-centered connecting units, Me(n)Si(p-C6H4CO2H)(4-n) (n = 0, 1, 2), have been prepared and their coordination polymers with Zn(II) metal atoms studied. The tetra-acid L1 (n = 0) acts as a tetrahedral node and reacts with Zn(II) centers to give 1, a novel interpenetrating 3D network containing distorted tetrahedral bimetallic secondary building units (SBUs). The triacid L2 (n = 1) acts as a trigonal pyramidal node and forms an intercalated 2D layered network, 2, with Zn(II) ions, containing distorted octahedral tetranuclear SBUs. Last, the bent diacid L3 (n = 2) reacts with Zn(II) centers to give 3, a corrugated 2D layered structure containing 1D zinc hydroxo chains. Together these three new coordination polymers demonstrate the potential versatility of tetravalent silicon containing connecting ligands for metal-organic framework construction.