Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.50, No.22, 11297-11299, 2011
A Highly Porous Interpenetrated Metal-Organic Framework from the Use of a Novel Nanosized Organic Linker
The initial use of a novel elongated tricarboxylic acid H(3)hmpib in metal-organic framework (MOF) chemistry resulted in a [Zn4O(hmpib)(2)] MOF (UCY-1) with pyrite topology. The compound displays a remarkably high internal surface area despite its double-interpenetrated structure as well as high CO2 uptake and selective adsorption for it over CH4.