Effective Mercury Sorption by Thiol-Laced Metal–Organic Frameworks: in Strong Acid and the Vapor Phase

• Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 135; no. 21; pp. 7795 - 7798
• Main Authors: Yee, Ka-Kit, Reimer, Nele, Liu, Jie, Cheng, Sum-Yin, Yiu, Shek-Man, Weber, Jens, Stock, Norbert, Xu, Zhengtao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 29.05.2013
• Subjects: aluminum; aluminum chloride; coordination polymers; crystals; mercury; photoluminescence; sorption; thiols; vapors; zirconium

Free-standing, accessible thiol (−SH) functions have been installed in robust, porous coordination networks to provide wide-ranging reactivities and properties in the solid state. The frameworks were assembled by reacting ZrCl4 or AlCl3 with 2,5-dimercapto-1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid (H2DMBD), whic...