Use of diverse building blocks such as multiple heterometallic clusters in metal-organic framework (MOF) syntheses greatly increases the complexity of the resulting materials and can lead to emergent synergistic properties. However, this area has not been fully explored due to the inherent difficulty in applying reticular chemistry principles to syntheses involving more than two molecular building blocks. We therefore are motivated to develop a strategy for achieving systematic and differential control over the coordination of multiple metal ions in MOFs. Herein, we report the rational design and synthesis of a series of heterometallic MOFs with different metal ions and clusters severally distributed throughout 2-3 inorganic secondary building units. Multiple different topologies were achieved in this work including fcu, ftw, flu and previously unreported trinodal pfm crystallographic nets.<br/>

Rational design and synthesis of heterometallic metal-organic frameworks

255th National Meeting (2018)

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