Synthesis, Structural Characterization, Gas Sorption and Guest-Exchange Studies of the Lightweight, Porous Metal−Organic Framework α-[Mg3(O2CH)6]

• Published in: Inorganic chemistry Vol. 45; no. 14; pp. 5521 - 5528
• Main Authors: Rood, Jeffrey A, Noll, Bruce C, Henderson, Kenneth W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 10.07.2006

Unsolvated magnesium formate crystallizes upon reaction of the metal nitrate with formic acid in DMF at elevated temperatures. Single-crystal XRD studies reveal the formation of [Mg3(O2CH)6⊃DMF], 1, a metal−organic framework with DMF molecules filling the channels of an extended diamondoid lattice....