A rare example of a porous Ca-MOF for the controlled release of biologically active NO

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Sep 14;49(71):7773-5. doi: 10.1039/c3cc41987h.

Abstract

A 1D-microporous 3D calcium tetracarboxylate MOF has been solvothermally prepared and its structure solved from single crystal data. It exhibits coordinatively unsaturated Ca(2+) Lewis acid sites able to trap and deliver nitric oxide at a biological level.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biocompatible Materials / chemistry
  • Biocompatible Materials / metabolism
  • Calcium / chemistry*
  • Lewis Acids / chemistry
  • Nitric Oxide / metabolism*
  • Porosity

Substances

  • Biocompatible Materials
  • Lewis Acids
  • Nitric Oxide
  • Calcium