A cluster-based mesoporous Ti-MOF with sodalite supercages

Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Oct 24;53(85):11670-11673. doi: 10.1039/c7cc06652j.

Abstract

The cooperative assembly of a hexagonal column shaped [Ti6O6][iPrO]66+ cluster and rhomboid Cu2I2 dimers using isonicotinic acid results in an unprecedented three-dimensional (3D) highly crystalline cluster-based Ti-MOF that features both giant sodalite cages with an inner diameter of 2.8 × 3.2 nm2 and 3D open square channels.