Issue 39, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Reversible water uptake by a stable imine-based porous organic cage†

Tom Hasell,a   Marc Schmidtmann,a   Corinne A. Stone,b   Martin W. Smithb  and  Andrew I. Cooper*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Centre for Materials Discovery, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
E-mail: aicooper@liv.ac.uk
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b Dstl, Porton Down, Salisbury SP4 0JQ, Wilts, England
E-mail: MWSMITH@mail.dstl.gov.uk

Abstract

A crystalline porous organic cage molecule, CC3, is shown to adsorb up to 20.1 wt% water reversibly. This was confirmed by both gravimetric sorption and by crystallographic analysis. Crystals of CC3 are stable in boiling water for at least 4 h. The surprising chemical and supramolecular stability of these imine-based molecular crystals suggests scope for practical applications in humid environments.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC31212C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Feb 2012
Accepted
20 Mar 2012
First published
20 Mar 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 4689-4691

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Reversible water uptake by a stable imine-based porous organic cage

T. Hasell, M. Schmidtmann, C. A. Stone, M. W. Smith and A. I. Cooper, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 4689 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC31212C

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