Post-synthesis modification of a metal-organic framework to form metallosalen-containing MOF materials

Abraham M Shultz; Amy A Sarjeant; Omar K Farha; Joseph T Hupp; SonBinh T Nguyen

doi:10.1021/ja204820d

Post-synthesis modification of a metal-organic framework to form metallosalen-containing MOF materials

J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Aug 31;133(34):13252-5. doi: 10.1021/ja204820d. Epub 2011 Aug 8.

Authors

Abraham M Shultz¹, Amy A Sarjeant, Omar K Farha, Joseph T Hupp, SonBinh T Nguyen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Institute for Catalysis in Energy Processes, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States.

PMID: 21770411
DOI: 10.1021/ja204820d

Abstract

A series of metallosalen-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been prepared by the post-synthesis modification of Mn(III)SO-MOF, a Mn(3+)(salen)-based MOF. Treatment of Mn(III)SO-MOF with H(2)O(2) effects the removal of the Mn(3+) ions from the salen struts, which can then be remetalated with a variety of metal precursors to form isostructural MSO-MOF materials. The presence of the new metallosalen struts in MSO-MOF was fully confirmed by ICP-OES, MALDI-TOF MS, PXRD, and TGA. Furthermore, the remetalated Mn(II)SO-MOF material displays similar catalytic activity and porosity to the parent MOF.