An organic tritopic ligand was prepared (see figure), characterized, and coordinated to a hexavanadate polyoxometalate, resulting in a 2-D porous nanoarray.  Ligand characterization utilized 1H NMR and IR spectroscopies.  Reaction between the ligand and polyoxometalate occurs in one step and forms the nanoarray via self-assembly of the complementary nanoscale building blocks.  The pore size can be altered by varying the organic ligand �branch� lengths, effectively tuning the material for specific catalytic redox reactions.

Synthesis of an organic ligand for coordination with POMs to form a 2D nanoarray

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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