Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are crystalline solids composed of organic ligands and metal ions or metal clusters. MOFs are highly porous crystalline compounds with high volume to mass ratio. Recently, the field of MOFs has grown very rapidly due to their potential applications. Particularly, significant efforts have been dedicated to addressing removal of greenhouse gases from atmosphere. Over the last several years, a number of novel ligands have been developed to expand both chemical and physical properties of MOFs. However, the great majority of ligands used to prepare MOFs take advantage of ligands containing oxygen or nitrogen atoms. Conspicuously, sulfur containing ligands in MOF system appear to be absent from the current literature. In this presentation we will discuss the preparation of various sulfur containing ligands and their characterizations. We will also discuss MOFs resulting from these novel ligands and their properties.

Preparation of novel ligands and their related metal-organic frameworks

251st National Meeting (2016)

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