Coordinative alignment of molecules in chiral metal-organic frameworks

• Published in: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 353; no. 6301; pp. 808 - 811
• Main Authors: Lee, Seungkyu, Kapustin, Eugene A., Yaghi, Omar M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Association for the Advancement of Science 19.08.2016; The American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Subjects: Alignment; Carboxylic acids; Chirality; Crystallization; Crystallography; Crystallography, X-Ray - methods; Cyclopentanes - chemistry; Gibberellins; Gibberellins - chemistry; Hormones; Metal-organic frameworks; Metals; Methanol; Methanol - chemistry; Methyl alcohol; Molecular Structure; Organic chemicals; Organic Chemistry; Oxylipins - chemistry; Phenols; Stereoisomerism; X-ray diffraction; X-rays

A chiral metal-organic framework, MOF-520, was used to coordinatively bind and align molecules of varying size, complexity, and functionality. The reduced motional degrees of freedom obtained with this coordinative alignment method allowed the structures of molecules to be determined by single-cryst...