Francesco Della Croce, Matthew J. McPherson, Elena Pulidori, Celia Duce, Marco Taddei
{"title":"A Postsynthetic Exchange/Deprotection Approach to Append Aliphatic Amines in Defective UiO-66","authors":"Francesco Della Croce, Matthew J. McPherson, Elena Pulidori, Celia Duce, Marco Taddei","doi":"10.1002/ejic.202500110","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ejic.202500110","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Aliphatic amine-functionalized metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are receiving increasing attention for their potential as adsorbents for CO<sub>2</sub>. In this work, a two-step postsynthetic approach is presented, applied to defective Zr<sup>IV</sup>-based MOF UiO-66, which involves the exchange of <i>N</i>-tert-butyloxycarbonyl (Boc) protected ω-amino acids for defect-compensating formate groups, followed by thermal deprotection of the Boc groups to yield free amine groups. The chosen amino acids are glycine, 3-aminopropionic acid (β-alanine), γ-aminobutyric acid, and 5-aminovaleric acid. Postsynthetic exchange of the Boc-protected amino acids is carried out in <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>-dimethylformamide, observing no structural damage and a dependence of the loading of functional groups on the length of the aliphatic chain (the longer the chain, the lower the loading). Deprotection is achieved by heating the solids to 160 °C under a N<sub>2</sub> stream, accompanied by the release of CO<sub>2</sub> and isobutylene, as confirmed by thermogravimetric analysis coupled with infrared spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. The deprotected MOFs are characterized by their gas sorption properties, finding that functionalization of the defects led to a predictable decrease in porosity, without enhancing the affinity for CO<sub>2</sub>, suggesting that the amine groups might not be accessible.</p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"28 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144614897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Junxia Wu, Ertong Zhang, Chunjie Han, Bin Li, Xianjun Zhang, Hongwei Wang, Hong Wang
{"title":"Structure-Activity Relationship of Metal-Organic Frameworks-Derived Ni–Al Catalysts for CO Methanation Under Pyrolysis Strategy","authors":"Junxia Wu, Ertong Zhang, Chunjie Han, Bin Li, Xianjun Zhang, Hongwei Wang, Hong Wang","doi":"10.1002/ejic.202500129","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ejic.202500129","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The conversion of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to MOF-derived composites via pyrolysis strategies can effectively address the shortcomings of MOFs, such as the small number of catalytic active sites and poor chemical stability, which limit practical catalytic applications. This article presents a series of Ni/MOF-derived composite materials with distinct morphologies, obtained by varying the calcination temperature. The NiO/M-Al 900 catalysts, calcined at 900 °C, form a NiO structure supported by NiAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>, which enhances the Ni–Al interaction. This catalyst inherits the high specific surface area (143.23 m<sup>2</sup> g<sup>−1</sup>) and rich pore structure of the MOF, resulting in superior catalytic performance with CO conversion and CH<sub>4</sub> selectivity reaching 100% and 67%, respectively, and maintaining high activity under a 90 h stability test. The optimal Ni–Al interaction and the synergistic effect of the porous structure improve the dispersion and utilization of the active components, preventing sintering and carbon deposition of the catalysts during the reaction. This discovery provides a novel approach to designing high-performance multiphase MOF-derived composites for practical catalytic processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"28 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144614898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Timo Fockenberg, Niklas Sülzner, Hatem M. A. Amin, Christoph Wölper, Christof Hättig, Stephan Schulz
{"title":"Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrochemical Properties of Tri- and Tetranuclear CoIII-Oxo Complexes","authors":"Timo Fockenberg, Niklas Sülzner, Hatem M. A. Amin, Christoph Wölper, Christof Hättig, Stephan Schulz","doi":"10.1002/ejic.202500170","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ejic.202500170","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Heterocubane-type complexes containing a central [Co<sup>III</sup><sub>4</sub>O<sub>4</sub>] core have received increasing interest as surface cutouts of active spinel-type Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub> water splitting catalysts. The synthesis of a series of tetranuclear ([Co<sub>4</sub>O<sub>4</sub>(O<sub>2</sub>CR)<sub>4</sub>(py)<sub>4</sub>] (R = Me <b>1</b>, Et <b>2</b>, <i>n</i>-Pr <b>3</b>)) and trinuclear Co(III) carboxylate complexes [Co<sup>III</sup><sub>3</sub>(μ<sub>3</sub>–O)(μ<sub>2</sub>–OH)(O<sub>2</sub>CR)<sub>3</sub>(py)<sub>5</sub>](NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub> (R = <i>i</i>-Pr <b>4</b>, <i>t</i>-Bu <b>5</b>) and their structural (single-crystal X-ray diffraction) and spectroscopic (except <b>5</b>, <sup>1</sup>H NMR, UV/vis, IR) characterization is reported. Quantum chemical calculations using density functional theory show that the relative stability of the tetranuclear complexes versus the trinuclear complexes decreases with increasing steric demand of the carboxylate ligand. In addition, the UV/vis and IR spectra of the tetranuclear complexes are calculated to deconvolute contributions from the carboxylate ligands and the Co-oxo core. Furthermore, the electrochemical properties of the complexes <b>1</b>–<b>4</b> are studied by cyclic voltammetry, demonstrating that the redox potential of the complexes correlates with the steric demand of the carboxylate ligand.</p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"28 24","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejic.202500170","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144915046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Farhan Ahmad Pasha, Dirk Beetstra, Miasser Al-Ghamdi, Khalid AlBahily
{"title":"Novel Insight for Acrylate Formation Using CO2/Ethylene Coupling","authors":"Farhan Ahmad Pasha, Dirk Beetstra, Miasser Al-Ghamdi, Khalid AlBahily","doi":"10.1002/ejic.202500168","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ejic.202500168","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The acrylic acid formation through CO<sub>2</sub>/ethylene coupling has significant industrial interest. The nickel complexed with a 1,2-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)ethane ligand with acid/base pair additives is a proven catalyst for this chemistry. However, the role of additives is under debate. This study highlights the mechanistic aspects of catalyst activation and product formation and the specific role of each additive components using density functional theory calculations. The experimental and theoretical studies indicate that a Ln<span></span>N<span></span>ethylene complex (M1) is the active form of the catalyst and captures a CO<sub>2</sub> molecule, which reductively couples with ethylene to produce a metallalactone (M2). Conceptually, several reaction pathways can emerge from this metallalactone intermediate. However, in terms of energy efficiency, the preferred pathway seems to be a base-assisted enolization (keto-enol transformation) involving a direct proton transfer from β-carbon to carbonyl oxygen, without metallic interference. This finding contrasts with the classical notion of a β-hydride transfer to a metal. In this transformation, a Lewis acid also plays a crucial role of weakening the metal–oxygen bond, while new ethylene coordination facilitates product elimination. The theoretical and experimental evidence highlights the specific roles of the Lewis acid/base pair. This novel mechanism provides anintriguing opportunity to reevaluate this chemistry.</p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"28 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144725441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrea Cingolani, Nicola Schiaroli, Carlo Lucarelli, Chiara Lenzi, Andrea Masetti, Cristiana Cesari, Francesca Forti, Stefano Zacchini, Jacopo De Maron, Francesco Luca Basile, Rita Mazzoni
{"title":"Following the In Situ Pathway of Photoactivated Cyclopentadienone–NHC Iron Complexes as Ammonia–Borane Dehydrocoupling Bifunctional Catalysts","authors":"Andrea Cingolani, Nicola Schiaroli, Carlo Lucarelli, Chiara Lenzi, Andrea Masetti, Cristiana Cesari, Francesca Forti, Stefano Zacchini, Jacopo De Maron, Francesco Luca Basile, Rita Mazzoni","doi":"10.1002/ejic.202500203","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ejic.202500203","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Carbonyl iron complexes, bearing cyclopentadienone/hydroxycyclopentadienyl ligands and N-heterocyclic carbene as noninnocent and ancillary ligands, are active as ammonia–borane dehydrocoupling catalysts under photoactivation conditions. Dehydrogenation occurs at room temperature and is complete (in NMR tube) after 2 h with 10 mol% of cationic complex <b>2</b>, and after 4 h at lower catalytic loading (2 mol%) with the preactivated form <b>3</b>. Reaction coproducts have been identified by <sup>11</sup>B-NMR. The reaction crudes reveal mixture of borazine and corresponding crosslinked polymer, together with other linear/branch polyaminoboranes for <b>1</b> and <b>2,</b> and insoluble polyaminoboranes under even milder conditions (no irradiation) for <b>3</b>. Scale-up of the reaction in a photoreactor then allows to quantify the catalysts activation, measuring CO release, as well as their productivity in term of H<sub>2</sub> produced. The in situ IR analysis sheds light on the different mechanistic pathways followed by the neutral <b>1</b> and the cationic <b>2</b> precatalysts. As a general statement, <b>2</b> is both easier to be activated and more efficient than the neutral counterpart <b>1</b>. Preactivation of catalyst <b>2</b>, replacing a CO with a more labile CH<sub>3</sub>CN leading to complex <b>3,</b> is exploited to improve the reaction speed and further explore the reaction mechanism.</p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"28 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejic.202500203","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144881020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. P. I. Dulmini Jayawardhena, Jeanette A. Krause, Hairong Guan
{"title":"Phosphine-Ligated Cobalt(II) Acetylacetonate Complexes","authors":"J. P. I. Dulmini Jayawardhena, Jeanette A. Krause, Hairong Guan","doi":"10.1002/ejic.202500157","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ejic.202500157","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cobalt(II) acetylacetonate complexes bearing a phosphine ligand can be key intermediates or precursors to cobalt-based catalysts; however, they have been rarely studied, especially from a molecular structure point of view. This work is focused on the understanding of how different phosphines react with Co(acac)<sub>2</sub> (acac = acetylacetonate). To do so, a variety of analytical tools, including NMR and IR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, mass spectrometry, and elemental analysis, have been used to study the reactions and characterize the isolated products. These results have shown that the monodentate ligand, HPPh<sub>2</sub>, binds to Co(acac)<sub>2</sub> weakly and reversibly to produce Co<sub>2</sub>(acac)<sub>4</sub>(HPPh<sub>2</sub>), whereas the bidentate ligand, 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane (dppe), interacts with Co(acac)<sub>2</sub> more strongly to yield a 1D coordination polymer of Co(acac)<sub>2</sub>(dppe). 2-(Dicyclohexylphosphino)methyl-1 H-pyrrole (<sup>Cy</sup>PN<sup>H</sup>), which is a pyrrole-tethered phosphine, forms an unusual 5-coordinate cobalt complex, Co(acac)<sub>2</sub>(<sup>Cy</sup>PN<sup>H</sup>), in which the pyrrole moiety participates in a bifurcated hydrogen–bonding interaction with the [acac]<sup>–</sup> ligands. In contrast, another bidentate ligand, 4,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)-9,9-dimethylxanthene (xantphos), fails to react with Co(acac)<sub>2</sub>, presumably due to its wide bite angle and difficulty in bridging two metals.</p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"28 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejic.202500157","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144615382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kazuki Honjo, Taigo Kamimura, Kohei Tada, Ryohei Kishi, Yasutaka Kitagawa
{"title":"Front Cover: Theoretical Study of Local Environmental Effect on Electronic Structure of M-Cluster (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 15/2025)","authors":"Kazuki Honjo, Taigo Kamimura, Kohei Tada, Ryohei Kishi, Yasutaka Kitagawa","doi":"10.1002/ejic.202581501","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ejic.202581501","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>The Front Cover</b> shows a local environmental effect on the electronic structure of the M-cluster of nitrogenase, which was examined by DFT calculations from the viewpoint of the hydrogen bonds and water molecules. Hydrogen bonds from Ser265 significantly contribute to the stability of the LUMO, while the water molecules around the HCA strongly stabilize the HOMO. The contribution of Ser265 is, however, suppressed when an outer environmental field is applied. The results provide suggestions for the ligand design of synthesized FeS clusters. More information can be found in the Research Article by Y. Kitagawa and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202500016).\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"28 15","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejic.202581501","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144171340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Structural and Kinetics Studies of N^O-, O^N^O-, and N^N- Schiff Base Mn Complexes as Highly Active Catalysts in the Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactides","authors":"Mnqobi Zikode, Asanda Ngwenya, Tabea Becker, Sonja Herres-Pawlis, Stephen. O. Ojwach","doi":"10.1002/ejic.202500126","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ejic.202500126","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A series of manganese complexes derived from (imino)phenol/pyridine proligands have been synthesized, structurally characterized and used as catalysts in the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of <i>rac</i>-lactides (<i>rac</i>-LA). Reactions of MnCl<sub>2</sub>·4H<sub>2</sub>O salt with 2-[((2-hydroxyethyl)imino)methyl]phenol (<b>L1H</b><sub><b>2</b></sub>) afford a tetranuclear Mn(III) complex [Mn(<b>L1</b>)Cl]<sub>4</sub> (<b>Mn1</b>). Separately, treatment of MnCl<sub>2</sub>·4H<sub>2</sub>O with 2-[((2-methoxyethyl)imino)methyl]phenol (<b>L2H</b>) gave the mononuclear Mn(II) complex [Mn(<b>L2</b>)<sub>2</sub>(CH<sub>3</sub>OH)<sub>2</sub>] (<b>Mn2</b>). Further, reactions of (imino)pyridine proligands ((E)-2-((pyridine-2-ylmethylene)amino)ethan-1-ol (<b>L3H</b>) and (E)-N-(2-methoxyethyl)-1-(pyrid-2-yl)methanimine (<b>L4</b>)) with MnCl<sub>2</sub>·4H<sub>2</sub>O afforded polynuclear Mn(II) complexes [Mn(<b>L3H</b>)Cl<sub>2</sub>]<sub>3</sub> (<b>Mn3</b>) and [Mn(<b>L4</b>)Cl<sub>2</sub>]<sub>3</sub> (<b>Mn4</b>), respectively. The molecular structure of <b>Mn1</b> established the tridentate binding mode of the dianionic alkoxy-(imino)phenol proligand ((<b>L1</b><sup><b>2−</b></sup>)) through the phenoxo and pendant-arm alkoxy-oxygen and the imine-nitrogen atoms. In contrast, the molecular structure of <b>Mn2</b> showed that the ether-(imino)phenol pro-ligand (<b>L2H</b>) is monoanionic (<b>L2</b><sup><b>−</b></sup>) and bidentately coordinated to the Mn(II) metal center through the phenoxo-oxygen and the imine-nitrogen atoms. The dinuclear complex <b>Mn3</b> contains a neutral N^N bidentately bound proligand (<b>L3H</b>). All the complexes (<b>Mn1</b>–<b>Mn4</b>) formed active catalysts in ROP of <i>rac</i>-LA with the propagation rate constant <i>k</i><sub>p</sub> of up to (4.25 ± 0.15) × 10<sup>−2</sup> L mol<sup>−1</sup> s<sup>−1</sup>. The polymers obtained were atactic biased (<i>P</i><sub>r</sub> = 0.55–0.59), produced with moderate control over average-number molecular weights and were moderately dispersed (<i>Đ</i> up to 1.8) under melt conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"28 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejic.202500126","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144614995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Selective Recognition Behavior of Arginine and Histidine Using an Anionic Luminescent Metal-Organic Material Stabilized by Cationic Amine: Steady State and Time-Resolved Luminescence Studies","authors":"Sayani Hui, Sahil Azam, Subhajit Dutta, Sudip Kumar Mondal, Partha Mahata","doi":"10.1002/ejic.202500042","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ejic.202500042","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A new Eu-based metal-organic material, [Eu(CAM)<sub>2</sub>(H<sub>2</sub>O)] 0.5H<sub>2</sub>Pip·H<sub>2</sub>O, [CAM = chelidamate and H<sub>2</sub>Pip = diprotonated piperazine], <b>1,</b> was synthesized by hydrothermal technique. Structure elucidation of compound <b>1</b> was done by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The connectivity between Eu<sup>3+</sup> ions and chelidamate ligands forms anionic dimeric metal-organic structures stabilized by interdimer O<span></span>H···O hydrogen bond interactions involving the free hydroxyl groups and carboxylate oxygen atoms. The O<span></span>H···O hydrogen bonds connect each dimeric unit with four other dimeric units to form a supramolecular 2D structure with rhombus grid topology. The 2D anionic hydrogen-bonded structures are further stabilized through N<span></span>H···O hydrogen bond interactions by involving piperazinediium ion to form an overall 3D supramolecular assembly. pH-dependent luminescence studies of compound <b>1</b> confirmed its stable nature in the pH range of 1–11. Luminescence turn-off behaviors of compound <b>1</b> were observed in the presence of two amino acids, for example, L-arginine (Arg) and L-histidine (His), in water. Luminescence decay processes and lifetime values confirmed that the quenching of luminescence of compound <b>1</b> by arginine is due to both static and dynamic quenching, but in the case of histidine, the quenching is purely static in nature.</p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"28 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144614996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Solid-Solution Strategy for One-Step Construction of Hierarchically Porous Metal–Organic Frameworks","authors":"Kai Zhu, Hui Li, Yechuan Zhang, Huajun Yang","doi":"10.1002/ejic.202500207","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ejic.202500207","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The construction of hierarchical porosity in metal–organic frameworks (HP-MOFs) by expanding the pore size to mesopore or even macropore region is important but still challenging. In this work, a facile solid-solution strategy is proposed here to increase the pore size, giving rise to hierarchically porous MOFs by one-step activation. It is found that for a microporous <i>M</i>-tpa structural platform, the cupric form collapses after activation, while the nickelous one shows the prototypical microporosity. The solid-solution Ni<sup>2+</sup>/Cu<sup>2+</sup> form is therefore synthesized and is found to show hierarchical porosity after activation. The ratio of mesopore can be modulated by changing the relative concentration of Ni<sup>2+</sup> to Cu<sup>2+</sup>. The effect of coordinative and noncoordinative solvents on the porosity is also investigated. Finally, it is found that the as-synthesized HP-MOFs here are able to adsorb bulky neutral and anionic dyes, while excluding cationic dyes, suggesting that the as-synthesized HP-MOFs here are probably cationic. It should be noted that the pristine microporous MOF is not able to adsorb the dye.</p>","PeriodicalId":38,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry","volume":"28 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144881146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}