Issue 10, 2016

Mechanochemical and solvent-free assembly of zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks

Abstract

We develop the first mechanochemical and solvent-free routes for zirconium metal–organic frameworks, making the frameworks UiO-66 and UiO-66-NH2 accessible on the gram scale without strong acids, high temperatures or excess reactants. The frameworks form either by milling, or spontaneous self-assembly by simply exposing solid mixtures of reactants to organic vapour. The generated frameworks exhibit high porosity and catalytic activity in the hydrolysis of model nerve agents, on par with their solvothermally generated counterparts.

Graphical abstract: Mechanochemical and solvent-free assembly of zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Oct 2015
Accepted
08 Dec 2015
First published
08 Dec 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 2133-2136

Mechanochemical and solvent-free assembly of zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks

K. Užarević, T. C. Wang, S. Moon, A. M. Fidelli, J. T. Hupp, O. K. Farha and T. Friščić, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 2133 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC08972G

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