How interpenetration ensures rigidity and permanent porosity in a highly flexible hybrid solid

Meenakshi Dan-Hardi, Hubert Chevreau, Thomas Devic, Patricia Horcajada, Guillaume Maurin, Gérard Férey, Dmitry Popov, Christian Riekel, Stefan Wuttke, Jean Claude Lavalley, Alexandre Vimont, Tom Boudewijns, Dirk De Vos, Christian Serre

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Abstract

The synthesis and the crystal structure determination, using a synchrotron microdiffraction setup, of the interwoven analogue of the highly flexible iron(III) dicarboxylate MIL-88D structure are reported. Unlike its flexible counterpart, MIL-126, or Fe III 3O(H 2O) 2(OH)[(O 2C)-C 12H 8-(CO 2)] 3•n(solv), exhibits a rigid structure with an accessible three dimensional (3D) pore system resulting in a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area over 1700 m 2•g -1. Moreover, a large amount of coordinatively unsaturated Fe sites of +2 and +3 oxidation states are accessible to NO and acetonitrile molecules as shown by infrared spectroscopy. MIL-126 might be thus used for the removal of aromatic N-heterocyclic compounds from fossil fuel streams, as shown here in the efficient capture of indole from model benzothiophene/indole mixtures in heptane/toluene.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2486-2492
Number of pages7
JournalChemistry of Materials
Volume24
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 10 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • acidity
  • flexibility
  • infrared spectroscopy
  • interpenetration
  • iron carboxylate
  • metal-organic framework
  • purification

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

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