Issue 32, 2017

Recent advances on supramolecular isomerism in metal organic frameworks

Abstract

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) or coordination polymers (CPs), a class of compounds constructed often by self-assembly of inorganic metal ions and organic ligands, have attracted growing interest on account of their diverse structures, permanent porosity and tunable properties, with a prospect for various applications. In some cases, the self-assembly of the building blocks produces different MOFs with the same molecular composition, i.e., supramolecular isomers. The design of supramolecular isomers in the area of MOFs is challenging and this highlight gathers recently published articles concerning the different types of supramolecular isomers, i.e., structural, conformational, catenane and optical, in this area. The syntheses and structures of the isomers and their comparison are presented, as well as the role of various parameters, such as temperature, solvent, concentration, crystallization method, additive and template, in the formation of the different supramolecular isomers, by analyzing selected examples.

Graphical abstract: Recent advances on supramolecular isomerism in metal organic frameworks

Article information

Article type
Highlight
Submitted
20 4 2017
Accepted
07 7 2017
First published
07 7 2017

CrystEngComm, 2017,19, 4666-4695

Recent advances on supramolecular isomerism in metal organic frameworks

A. Karmakar, A. Paul and A. J. L. Pombeiro, CrystEngComm, 2017, 19, 4666 DOI: 10.1039/C7CE00756F

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements