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Zhang G, Zhang J, Tao Y, Gan F, Lin G, Liang J, Shen C, Zhang Y, Qiu H. Facile fabrication of recyclable robust noncovalent porous crystals from low-symmetry helicene derivative. Nat Commun 2024; 15:5469. [PMID: 38937477 PMCID: PMC11211482 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49865-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024] Open
Abstract
Porous frameworks constructed via noncovalent interactions show wide potential in molecular separation and gas adsorption. However, it remains a major challenge to prepare these materials from low-symmetry molecular building blocks. Herein, we report a facile strategy to fabricate noncovalent porous crystals through modular self-assembly of a low-symmetry helicene racemate. The P and M enantiomers in the racemate first stack into right- and left-handed triangular prisms, respectively, and subsequently the two types of prisms alternatively stack together into a hexagonal network with one-dimensional channels with a diameter of 14.5 Å. Remarkably, the framework reveals high stability upon heating to 275 °C, majorly due to the abundant π-interactions between the complementarily engaged helicene building blocks. Such porous framework can be readily prepared by fast rotary evaporation, and is easy to recycle and repeatedly reform. The refined porous structure and enriched π-conjugation also favor the selective adsorption of a series of small molecules.
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- Guoli Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of High Resolution Electron Microscopy, School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China.
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of High Resolution Electron Microscopy, School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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Dumele O, Grabicki N. Confining the Inner Space of Strained Carbon Nanorings. Synlett 2021. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1719853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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AbstractStrained aromatic macrocycles based on cycloparaphenylenes (CPPs) are the shortest repeating units of armchair single-walled carbon nanotubes. Since the development of several new synthetic methodologies for accessing these structures, their properties have been extensively studied. Besides the fundamental interest in these novel molecular scaffolds, their application in the field of materials science is an ongoing topic of research. Most of the reported CPP-type macrocycles display strong binding toward fullerenes, due to the perfect match between the convex and concave π-surfaces of fullerenes and CPPs, respectively. Highly functionalized CPP derivatives capable of supramolecular binding with other molecules are rarely reported. The synthesis of highly functionalized [n]cyclo-2,7-pyrenylenes leads to CPP-type macrocycles with a defined cavity capable of binding non-fullerene guests with high association constants.
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Lipkowski J, Schneider HJ. Non-covalent interactions in clathrate complexes. J COORD CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2021.1967336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Janusz Lipkowski
- Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Warszawa, 01-938, Poland
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- FR Organische Chemie, der Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, D 66041, Germany
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Grabicki N, Nguyen KTD, Weidner S, Dumele O. Supramolekulare Bindungstaschen in [
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]Cyclo‐2,7‐pyrenylenen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202102809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Niklas Grabicki
- Institut für Chemie Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Brook-Taylor-Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Chemie Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Brook-Taylor-Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialprüfung Richard-Willstätter-Straße 11 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Chemie Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Brook-Taylor-Straße 2 12489 Berlin Deutschland
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Grabicki N, Nguyen KTD, Weidner S, Dumele O. Confined Spaces in [n]Cyclo-2,7-pyrenylenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:14909-14914. [PMID: 33887087 PMCID: PMC8251724 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202102809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Revised: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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A set of strained aromatic macrocycles based on [n]cyclo-2,7-(4,5,9,10-tetrahydro)pyrenylenes is presented with size-dependent photophysical properties. The K-region of pyrene was functionalized with ethylene glycol groups to decorate the outer rim and thereby confine the space inside the macrocycle. This confined space is especially pronounced for n=5, which leads to an internal binding of up to 8.0×104 m-1 between the ether-decorated [5]cyclo-2,7-pyrenylene and shape-complementary crown ether-cation complexes. Both the ether-decorated [n]cyclo-pyrenylenes as well as one of their host-guest complexes have been structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray analysis. In combination with computational methods the structural and thermodynamic reasons for the exceptionally strong binding have been elucidated. The presented rim confinement strategy makes cycloparaphenylenes an attractive supramolecular host family with a favorable, size-independent read-out signature and binding capabilities extending beyond fullerene guests.
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- Niklas Grabicki
- Department of ChemistryHumboldt Universität zu BerlinBrook-Taylor-Strasse 212489BerlinGermany
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- Department of ChemistryHumboldt Universität zu BerlinBrook-Taylor-Strasse 212489BerlinGermany
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- Bundesanstalt für MaterialprüfungFederal Institute for Material Research and TestingRichard-Willstätter-Strasse 1112489BerlinGermany
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- Department of ChemistryHumboldt Universität zu BerlinBrook-Taylor-Strasse 212489BerlinGermany
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van Heerden DP, Smith VJ, Aggarwal H, Barbour LJ. High Pressure In Situ Single-Crystal X-Ray Diffraction Reveals Turnstile Linker Rotation Upon Room-Temperature Stepped Uptake of Alkanes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:13430-13435. [PMID: 33780117 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202102327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The rare availability of suitable single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) structural data allows for the direct interpretation of the response of a framework to gas sorption and may lead to the development of improved functional porous materials. We report an in situ SCXRD structural investigation of a flexible MOF subjected to methane, ethane, propane, and butane gas pressures. Supporting theoretical investigations indicate weak host-guest interactions for the crystallographically modelled gaseous guests and, in addition, reveal that a turnstile mechanism facilitates the transport of alkanes through the seemingly nonporous system. Inflections present in the adsorption isotherms are furthermore rationalized as due to gate-opening, but without the expected creation of new accessible space.
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- Dewald P van Heerden
- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, 7602, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry, Rhodes University, Makhanda, 6140, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Hyderabad, 500078, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, 7602, South Africa
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Heerden DP, Smith VJ, Aggarwal H, Barbour LJ. High Pressure In Situ Single‐Crystal X‐Ray Diffraction Reveals Turnstile Linker Rotation Upon Room‐Temperature Stepped Uptake of Alkanes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202102327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Dewald P. Heerden
- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science Stellenbosch University Matieland 7602 South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry Rhodes University Makhanda 6140 South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry Birla Institute of Technology and Science Hyderabad 500078 India
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- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science Stellenbosch University Matieland 7602 South Africa
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Mukherjee S, Kumar N, Bezrukov AA, Tan K, Pham T, Forrest KA, Oyekan KA, Qazvini OT, Madden DG, Space B, Zaworotko MJ. Amino-Functionalised Hybrid Ultramicroporous Materials that Enable Single-Step Ethylene Purification from a Ternary Mixture. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:10902-10909. [PMID: 33491848 PMCID: PMC8252428 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202100240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pyrazine-linked hybrid ultramicroporous (pore size <7 Å) materials (HUMs) offer benchmark performance for trace carbon capture thanks to strong selectivity for CO2 over small gas molecules, including light hydrocarbons. That the prototypal pyrazine-linked HUMs are amenable to crystal engineering has enabled second generation HUMs to supersede the performance of the parent HUM, SIFSIX-3-Zn, mainly through substitution of the metal and/or the inorganic pillar. Herein, we report that two isostructural aminopyrazine-linked HUMs, MFSIX-17-Ni (17=aminopyrazine; M=Si, Ti), which we had anticipated would offer even stronger affinity for CO2 than their pyrazine analogs, unexpectedly exhibit reduced CO2 affinity but enhanced C2 H2 affinity. MFSIX-17-Ni are consequently the first physisorbents that enable single-step production of polymer-grade ethylene (>99.95 % for SIFSIX-17-Ni) from a ternary equimolar mixture of ethylene, acetylene and CO2 thanks to coadsorption of the latter two gases. We attribute this performance to the very different binding sites in MFSIX-17-Ni versus SIFSIX-3-Zn.
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- Soumya Mukherjee
- Bernal InstituteDepartment of Chemical SciencesUniversity of LimerickLimerickV94 T9PXIreland
- Department of ChemistryTechnical University of MunichLichtenbergstraße 485748Garching b. MünchenGermany
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- Bernal InstituteDepartment of Chemical SciencesUniversity of LimerickLimerickV94 T9PXIreland
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- Bernal InstituteDepartment of Chemical SciencesUniversity of LimerickLimerickV94 T9PXIreland
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- Department of Materials Science & EngineeringUniversity of Texas at DallasRichardsonTX75080USA
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of South Florida4202 East Fowler Avenue, CHE205TampaFL33620-5250USA
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of South Florida4202 East Fowler Avenue, CHE205TampaFL33620-5250USA
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- Department of Materials Science & EngineeringUniversity of Texas at DallasRichardsonTX75080USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical ScienceThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- Bernal InstituteDepartment of Chemical SciencesUniversity of LimerickLimerickV94 T9PXIreland
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of South Florida4202 East Fowler Avenue, CHE205TampaFL33620-5250USA
- Department of ChemistryNorth Carolina State UniversityUSA
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- Bernal InstituteDepartment of Chemical SciencesUniversity of LimerickLimerickV94 T9PXIreland
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Mukherjee S, Kumar N, Bezrukov AA, Tan K, Pham T, Forrest KA, Oyekan KA, Qazvini OT, Madden DG, Space B, Zaworotko MJ. Amino‐Functionalised Hybrid Ultramicroporous Materials that Enable Single‐Step Ethylene Purification from a Ternary Mixture. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202100240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Soumya Mukherjee
- Bernal Institute Department of Chemical Sciences University of Limerick Limerick V94 T9PX Ireland
- Department of Chemistry Technical University of Munich Lichtenbergstraße 4 85748 Garching b. München Germany
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- Bernal Institute Department of Chemical Sciences University of Limerick Limerick V94 T9PX Ireland
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- Bernal Institute Department of Chemical Sciences University of Limerick Limerick V94 T9PX Ireland
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering University of Texas at Dallas Richardson TX 75080 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of South Florida 4202 East Fowler Avenue, CHE205 Tampa FL 33620-5250 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of South Florida 4202 East Fowler Avenue, CHE205 Tampa FL 33620-5250 USA
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering University of Texas at Dallas Richardson TX 75080 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Bernal Institute Department of Chemical Sciences University of Limerick Limerick V94 T9PX Ireland
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- Department of Chemistry University of South Florida 4202 East Fowler Avenue, CHE205 Tampa FL 33620-5250 USA
- Department of Chemistry North Carolina State University USA
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- Bernal Institute Department of Chemical Sciences University of Limerick Limerick V94 T9PX Ireland
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Van Wyk LM, Loots L, Barbour LJ. Mechanochemical control of solvent content in a 1D coordination polymer. J COORD CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2021.1877688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Lisa M. Van Wyk
- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa
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