Hexahydroxytriphenylene for the synthesis of group 13 MOFs - a new inorganic building unit in a β-cristobalite type structure

S Leubner; V E G Bengtsson; A K Inge; M Wahiduzzaman; F Steinke; A Jaworski; H Xu; S Halis; P Rönfeldt; H Reinsch; G Maurin; X Zou; N Stock

doi:10.1039/d0dt00235f

Hexahydroxytriphenylene for the synthesis of group 13 MOFs - a new inorganic building unit in a β-cristobalite type structure

Dalton Trans. 2020 Mar 9;49(10):3088-3092. doi: 10.1039/d0dt00235f.

Authors

S Leubner¹, V E G Bengtsson², A K Inge², M Wahiduzzaman³, F Steinke¹, A Jaworski², H Xu², S Halis¹, P Rönfeldt¹, H Reinsch¹, G Maurin³, X Zou², N Stock¹

Affiliations

¹ Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Max-Eyth-Straße 2, D 24118 Kiel, Germany.
² Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
³ G. Maurin Institut Charles Gerhard Montpellier, UMR-5253 Universite Montpellier CNRS ENSCM, Place E. Bataillon 34095, Montpellier cedex 05, France.

PMID: 32051978
DOI: 10.1039/d0dt00235f

Abstract

Two new, microporous MOFs of framework composition ((CH3)2NH2)2[M3O(HHTP)(HHTP˙)], M = Al3+, Ga3+, H6HHTP = 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexahydroxytriphenylene, are described. Electron diffraction combined with molecular simulations show that these compounds crystallize in the β-cristobalite structure, containing a new type of trinuclear inorganic building unit for MOFs and radical anions.