2D-cadmium MOF and gismondine-like zinc coordination network based on the N-(2-tetrazolethyl)-4′-glycine linker

Abstract

We have designed and synthesized two new metal–organic-frameworks (MOFs) using the novel N-(2-tetrazolethyl)-4′-glycine spacer (TeGly)²⁻. We report the in situ formation of cadmium- and zinc-based MOFs using hydrothermal routes. The cadmium-based MOF shows a bi-dimensional network with luminescence emission while the zinc-based MOF exhibits a three-dimensional structure with gismondine topology and intense blue-greenish photoluminescence emission at room temperature in the solid state. In addition, the porosity of the Zn-based MOF has been fully characterized using a combination of computational methods and experimental techniques.