While metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been investigated intensively throughout the last decades, only a fraction of the published articles on MOFs feature heterobimetallic structures. Combining two metallic centers in a rigid framework could lead to interesting effects, such as magnetic coupling, collaborating fluorescence or catalytic properties; however, its synthesis is more sophisticated than for monometallic MOFs. We utilize ditopic ligands which coordination sites differ in their Pearson hardness (HSAB). This enables a stepwise selective formation of heterobimetallic MOFs: first, a monometallic building block is synthesized. In a second step the framework can be achieved by crosslinking with a second metal ion. In this work we present our newest ligand as a candidate for this purpose: 3-(1,3,5-trimethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)acetylacetone. Its synthesis is straightforward and inexpensive. The O,O’ coordination was accomplished with a variety of hard cations like Fe(III) or Ga(III). First crosslinking attempts with N coordination of the Fe(III) building block to Ag(I) lead to a one-dimensional coordination polymer with high porosity.
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N-Donor Functionalized Acetylacetones for Heterobimetallic MOFs, the Next Episode: Trimethylpyrazoles
Published:
06 November 2020
by MDPI
in The 2nd International Online Conference on Crystals
session Crystal Engineering
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Keywords: ditopic ligands; crystal engineering; coordination polymers
Comments on this paper
Catherine Raptopoulou
14 November 2020
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The work is very intersting. I would like to see full paper in the proceeding of the conference.
Jesus Sanmartín-Matalobos
18 November 2020
The great potential of the ligand
The great potential of the ligand 3-(1,3,5-trimethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)acetylacetone to be used in the formation of MOFs and supermolecules is very interesting. Thanks for such a great job. I will follow the progress of your investigation with interest.