Single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation from 1 D staggered-sculls chains to 3 D NbO-type metal-organic framework through [2+2] photodimerization

Yong-Cong Ou; Da-Shuai Zhi; Wen-Ting Liu; Zhao-Ping Ni; Ming-Liang Tong

doi:10.1002/chem.201200226

Single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation from 1 D staggered-sculls chains to 3 D NbO-type metal-organic framework through [2+2] photodimerization

Chemistry. 2012 Jun 11;18(24):7357-61. doi: 10.1002/chem.201200226. Epub 2012 May 8.

Authors

Yong-Cong Ou¹, Da-Shuai Zhi, Wen-Ting Liu, Zhao-Ping Ni, Ming-Liang Tong

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, PR China.

PMID: 22565591
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201200226

Abstract

A new approach to synthesize 3D structures through a [2+2] photodimerization process has been carried out by transforming two isostructures of 1D staggered-sculls chains [M(1,2-chdc)(bpe)(2)(H(2)O)(2)]⋅H(2)O (M = Zn, Mn) into 3D NbO-type metal-organic frameworks through UV irradiation in single-crystal-to-single-crystal mode. (see figure; bpe = trans-1,2-(bis(4-pyridyl)ethene, chdc =cyclohexanedicarboxylate).