Manometric real-time studies of the mechanochemical synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks

Brekalo, Ivana, Yuan, Wenbing, Mottillo, Cristina, Lu, Yuneng, Zhang, Yuancheng, Casaban, Jose, Holman, K. Travis, James, Stuart L., Duarte, Frédéric, Williams, P. Andrew, Harris, Kenneth D. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7855-8598 and Friscic, Tomislav 2020. Manometric real-time studies of the mechanochemical synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks. Chemical Science 11 (8) 10.1039/C9SC05514B

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Abstract

We demonstrate a simple method for real-time monitoring of mechanochemical synthesis of metal–organic frameworks, by measuring changes in pressure of gas produced in the reaction. Using this manometric method to monitor the mechanosynthesis of the zeolitic imidazolate framework ZIF-8 from basic zinc carbonate reveals an intriguing feedback mechanism in which the initially formed ZIF-8 reacts with the CO2 byproduct to produce a complex metal carbonate phase, the structure of which is determined directly from powder X-ray diffraction data. We also show that the formation of the carbonate phase may be prevented by addition of excess ligand. The excess ligand can subsequently be removed by sublimation, and reused. This enables not only the synthesis but also the purification, as well as the activation of the MOF to be performed entirely without solvent.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Advanced Research Computing @ Cardiff (ARCCA) Chemistry
Publisher:	Royal Society of Chemistry
ISSN:	2041-6520
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	24 February 2020
Date of Acceptance:	26 December 2019
Last Modified:	05 May 2023 09:50
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/129926

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