Issue 41, 2016

Structural response to desolvation in a pyridyl-phenanthrene diarylethene-based metal–organic framework

Abstract

A phenanthrene-based diarylethene linker with linear pyridyl connectivity, 4,4′-(9,10-bis(2,5-dimethylthiophen-3-yl)phenanthrene-2,7-diyl)dipyridine linker (TPDPy) was prepared and subsequently used to synthesize an air-stable metal–organic framework, UBMOF-3 (Zn3(BDC)3(TPDPy)1(DMF)1.5, BDC = 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate, DMF = N,N-dimethylformamide). Upon irradiation with ultraviolet light, this photo-responsive framework, composed of terephthalate, TPDPy, and zinc pinwheels, exhibits strong linear dichroism consistent with the crystal structure. Activation (desolvation) of the crystal leads to a significant change in the crystal structure that improves the ability to crystallographically resolve the photochromic linker.

Graphical abstract: Structural response to desolvation in a pyridyl-phenanthrene diarylethene-based metal–organic framework

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 aug 2016
Accepted
27 sep 2016
First published
30 sep 2016

CrystEngComm, 2016,18, 7972-7977

Structural response to desolvation in a pyridyl-phenanthrene diarylethene-based metal–organic framework

I. M. Walton, J. M. Cox, T. B. Mitchell, N. P. Bizier and J. B. Benedict, CrystEngComm, 2016, 18, 7972 DOI: 10.1039/C6CE01783E

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