Calix[4]arene-based metal-organic frameworks

S P Bew, Andrew D Burrows, T Düren, Mary F Mahon, P Z Moghadam, V M Sebestyen, S Thurston

OAI: oai:purehost.bath.ac.uk:publications/ecd58d06-12ad-4637-bd2a-50487e92354b • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cc30988b

An upper rim-functionalised calix[4]arene dicarboxylic acid (H 2caldc) has been used to prepare four metal-organic frameworks, three of which have been structurally characterised and shown to form two- or three-dimensional network structures. Simulations suggest that such networks are likely to display interesting selectivity to guest molecules.