A Heteromeric Carboxylic Acid Based Single-Crystalline Crosslinked Organic Framework

  • Rongran Liang
  • , Jayanta Samanta
  • , Baihao Shao
  • , Mingshi Zhang
  • , Richard J. Staples
  • , Albert D. Chen
  • , Miao Tang
  • , Yuyang Wu
  • , Ivan Aprahamian
  • , Chenfeng Ke

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Abstract

The development of large pore single-crystalline covalently linked organic frameworks is critical in revealing the detailed structure-property relationship with substrates. One emergent approach is to photo-crosslink hydrogen-bonded molecular crystals. Introducing complementary hydrogen-bonded carboxylic acid building blocks is promising to construct large pore networks, but these molecules often form interpenetrated networks or non-porous solids. Herein, we introduced heteromeric carboxylic acid dimers to construct a non-interpenetrated molecular crystal. Crosslinking this crystal precursor with dithiols afforded a large pore single-crystalline hydrogen-bonded crosslinked organic framework HCOF-101. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed HCOF-101 as an interlayer connected hexagonal network, which possesses flexible linkages and large porous channels to host a hydrazone photoswitch. Multicycle Z/E-isomerization of the hydrazone took place reversibly within HCOF-101, showcasing the potential use of HCOF-101 for optical information storage.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)23176-23181
Number of pages6
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume60
Issue number43
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 18 2021

Keywords

  • heteromeric carboxylic acid dimer
  • hydrogen-bonded crosslinked organic framework
  • photo-switch
  • single-crystal to single-crystal transformation

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