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Synthesis of a Thiol Building Block for the Crystallization of a Semiconducting Gyroidal Metal-sulfur Framework

We present a method for preparing thioester molecules as the masked form of the thiol linkers and their utilization for accessing a semiconducting and ...

Guangdong University of Technology

The major discovery here is a robust and water-stable metal-organic framework (MOF) material capable of reversible binding of the volatile and reactive molecules of ICl and I2. The immobilization of I2 and ICl, as well as their controllable release thus achieved, is to facilitate the wide-ranging applications of these volatile species as catalysts and reagents in chemical and industrial processes. The framework material TMBP·CuI (hereafter TCuI) can be conveniently prepared in quantitative yields by heating CuI and the organic linker TMBP (3,3',5,5'-tetramethyl-4,4'-bipyrazol) in acetonitrile. The microporous three-dimensional net of TCuI features CuI chains that contribute to efficient and reversible binding of ICl and I2 molecules, to result in the stoichiometrically well-defined adducts of TCuI·ICl and TCuI·I2, respectively. Moreover, the confinement of a volatile compound like ICl within the MOF medium provides unique opportunities to enhance its reactivity and selectivity as a chemical reagent, as is exemplified by the iodination reactions examined herein. With this exemplary study, we intend to stimulate interest in further exploring MOFs and other porous media (e.g., porous polymers) for entrapping ICl and other volatile reagents (e.g., Br2, SCl2, S2Cl2, and SOCl2) and for potentially novel reactivity associated with the porous medium.

Immobilization of volatile and corrosive iodine monochloride (ICl) and I(2) reagents in a stable metal-organic framework.

From a hydrothermal reaction using CuI, KI, and 3,3'5,5'-tetramethyl-4,4'-bipyrazole (TMBP), the triiodide anion I3(-) has been integrated into the water-stable 2D coordination polymer Cu(TMBP)I3 (1). In contrast with other metal triiodide complexes, 1 features remarkably small distortions in the bond distances associated with the I3(-) units (i.e., the Cu-I and I-I bonds), which effectively link up the copper(I) centers into infinite CuI3 chains. The electronic band gaps and electrical conductivity data are also found to be consistent with the I3(-) ion acting as an effective linker across the copper(I) centers.

Highly Polarizable Triiodide Anions (I3(-)) as Cross-Linkers for Coordination Polymers: Closing the Semiconductive Band Gap.

Recently, the emergence of conductive metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) has given great prospects for their applications as active materials in electronic devices. In this work, a high-quality, free-standing conductive MOF membrane was prepared by an air-liquid interfacial growth method. Accordingly, field-effect transistors (FETs) possessing a crystalline microporous MOF channel layer were successfully fabricated for the first time. The porous FETs exhibited p-type behavior, distinguishable on/off ratios, and excellent field-effect hole mobilities as high as 48.6 cmVs, which is even comparable to the highest value reported for solution-processed organic or inorganic FETs.

Jiahong Huang

School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry

Guangdong University of Technology

Synthesis of a Thiol Building Block for the Crystallization of a Semiconducting Gyroidal Metal-sulfur Framework

Jiahong Huang

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Guangdong University of Technology

Synthesis of a Thiol Building Block for the Crystallization of a Semiconducting Gyroidal Metal-sulfur Framework

School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry