A nitro-decorated MOF is used for the selective separation of benzene and cyclohexane in both liquid and vapor phases.

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) represent a class of crystalline coordination compounds with periodic structures composed of metal cations or clusters connected by organic linkers. In recent years, increasing interest has been attracted to the synthesis and study of MOFs based on oxophilic cations of early transition metals, first of all, Zr^IV, Hf^IV, Ti^IV and Sc^III, and also main group Al^III cations. The carboxylate complexes of these metals possess high stability, which ensures the chemical robustness of the corresponding coordination polymers. The MOFs based on scandium (III) and oxygen-containing ligands are promising for the design of porous materials possessing high specific surface areas, high hydrolytic and thermal stabilities of the coordination framework and diverse functional properties. This review addresses the chemistry of metal-organic frameworks based on scandium (III). Published data on the synthesis and crystal structure characterization of scandium-containing coordination polymers available before 2018 are discussed. The properties of these compounds are considered. The bibliography includes 101 references

Building blocks with low connectivity and no embedded directionality are prone to polymorphism, as demonstrated by the diversity of 4-connected zeolitic nets (>250). As a result, their deployment for design in reticular and isoreticular chemistries remains a challenge. However, the ability to control geometrical peculiarities offers potential to deviate from the assembly of default structures. Here we report the face-directed assembly of >20 isoreticular zeolite-like metal–organic frameworks (ZMOFs) by using polytopic expanding and tightening centring structure-directing agents (cSDAs). The cSDAs are selected with the appropriate geometrical coding information to alter and control the orientation of adjacent supermolecular building blocks. The ZMOFs have an underlying sodalite (sod) topology that is remarkably suited for the rational assembly of multinary materials. In addition to a variety of metal cations (In, Fe, Co and Ni), a diverse range of cSDAs (di-, tri-, tetra-, hexa-, pyridyl or imidazole) are used and combined. Our approach enables isoreticular possibilities at both extremities of the porous materials spectrum: In-sod-ZMOF-102 exhibits small pore aperture suitable for efficient separation, while Fe-sod-ZMOF-320 with 48-Å-wide mesopores exhibits high hydrogen uptake, methane storage working capacity and a high gravimetric working capacity for oxygen.

Two new isostructural microporous coordination frameworks [Mn₃(Hpdc)₂(pdc)₂] (1) and [Mg₃(Hpdc)₂(pdc)₂] (2) (pdc^2– = pyridine-2,4-dicarboxylate) showing primitive cubic (pcu) topology have been prepared and characterized. The pore aperture of the channels is too narrow for the efficient adsorption of N₂; however, both compounds demonstrate substantially higher uptake of CO₂ (119.9 mL·g^–1 for 1 and 102.5 mL·g^–1 for 2 at 195 K, 1 bar). Despite of their structural similarities, 2 shows a typical reversible type I isotherm for adsorption/desorption of CO₂, while 1 features a two-step adsorption process with a very broad hysteresis between the adsorption and desorption curves. This behavior can be explained by a combination of density functional theory calculations, sorption, and X-ray diffraction analysis and gives insights into the further development of new sorbents showing adsorption/desorption hysteresis.

A synergistic effect causes MOF materials to demonstrate excellent iodine vapor retention and luminescence properties.