We describe a solvent-free and low energy synthetic approach termed 'accelerated aging', which starts from solid metal oxides and produces 1-D, 2-D and 3-D close-packed or open oxalate coordination frameworks under mild thermal energy input, or even at room temperature, with or without a brief mechanochemical activation.  Traditionally, such oxalate frameworks are obtained by high temperature, pH-controlled hydrothermal processes. This mild solid-state methodology is readily scaled up to at least 10 gram amounts, suggesting applicability at larger scales.

Accelerated aging: A solvent-free and low-energy approach for metal oxalate framework synthesis

244th National Meeting (2012)

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