A highly porous flexible Metal–Organic Framework with corundum topology

• DOI: 10.1039/c0cc02273j
• Publication Date: 2010-10-19T08:30:33Z
• Authors: Ronny Grünker; Irena Senkovska; Ralf Biedermann; Nicole Klein; Martin R. Lohe; Philipp Müller; Stefan Kaskel
• Keywords: Models, Molecular; info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/540; ddc:540; Crystallography, X-Ray; 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences; Zinc; Aluminum Oxide; Organometallic Compounds; Metal–Organic Framework, MOF, oxygen, zinc, corundum, coordination polymer, hydrogen adsorption, surface area, crystal structures, drug delivery, gas sorption, channels, methane, storage, mil-53 topology; Porosity; Metall-organische Gerüste, Zink, Sauerstoff, Korundum, räumliche Struktur

A flexible Metal-Organic Framework Zn(4)O(BenzTB)(3/2) (DUT-13) was obtained by combination of a tetratopic linker and Zn(4)O(6+) as connector. The material has a corundum topology and shows the highest pore volume among flexible MOFs.