Issue 43, 2021

Simplifying and expanding the scope of boron imidazolate framework (BIF) synthesis using mechanochemistry

Abstract

Mechanochemistry enables rapid access to boron imidazolate frameworks (BIFs), including ultralight materials based on Li and Cu(I) nodes, as well as new, previously unexplored systems based on Ag(I) nodes. Compared to solution methods, mechanochemistry is faster, provides materials with improved porosity, and replaces harsh reactants (e.g. n-butylithium) with simpler and safer oxides, carbonates or hydroxides. Periodic density-functional theory (DFT) calculations on polymorphic pairs of BIFs based on Li+, Cu+ and Ag+ nodes reveals that heavy-atom nodes increase the stability of the open SOD-framework relative to the non-porous dia-polymorph.

Graphical abstract: Simplifying and expanding the scope of boron imidazolate framework (BIF) synthesis using mechanochemistry

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
05 Jūl. 2021
Accepted
13 Sept. 2021
First published
14 Sept. 2021
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2021,12, 14499-14506

Simplifying and expanding the scope of boron imidazolate framework (BIF) synthesis using mechanochemistry

C. B. Lennox, J. Do, J. G. Crew, M. Arhangelskis, H. M. Titi, A. J. Howarth, O. K. Farha and T. Friščić, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 14499 DOI: 10.1039/D1SC03665C

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