Furnishing amine-functionalized metal-organic-frameworks with the β-amidoketone group by post-synthetic modification

William J. Gee, Laura K. Cadman, Harina Amer Hamzah, Mary F. Mahon, Paul R. Raithby, Andrew D. Burrows

OAI: oai:purehost.bath.ac.uk:openaire_cris_publications/c87940db-e4b8-461b-ab97-8dcb4f25b827 • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01917

The post-synthetic modification (PSM) of amino-functionalized MOFs to those bearing pendant β-amidoketone arms using diketene is herein reported. Three unique MOF families demonstrate the scope of this transformation, which is both atom-economical and yields high conversions. In each case crystallinity was retained, and instances of exceptional solid-state ordering were observed in the PSM products, which has allowed detailed crystallographic characterization in multiple instances.