Porous organic molecular solids by dynamic covalent scrambling

Jiang, Shan and Jones, James T. A. and Hasell, Tom and Blythe, Charlotte E. and Adams, Dave J. and Trewin, Abbie and Cooper, Andrew I. (2011) Porous organic molecular solids by dynamic covalent scrambling. Nature Communications, 2 (2): 207. ISSN 2041-1723

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Abstract

The main strategy for constructing porous solids from discrete organic molecules is crystal engineering, which involves forming regular crystalline arrays. Here, we present a chemical approach for desymmetrizing organic cages by dynamic covalent scrambling reactions. This leads to molecules with a distribution of shapes which cannot pack effectively and, hence, do not crystallize, creating porosity in the amorphous solid. The porous properties can be fine tuned by varying the ratio of reagents in the scrambling reaction, and this allows the preparation of materials with high gas selectivities. The molecular engineering of porous amorphous solids complements crystal engineering strategies and may have advantages in some applications, for example, in the compatibilization of functionalities that do not readily cocrystallize.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Nature Communications
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? intrinsic microporosity pimssorption propertieshydrogen storagepolymer networksgas-adsorptionsurface-areasforce-fieldframeworkschemistrycrystalgeneral biochemistry,genetics and molecular biologygeneral chemistrygeneral physics and astronomybiochemistry, g ??
ID Code:
65976
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Deposited On:
12 Aug 2013 10:57
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Yes
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Published
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