Influence of the nature of an alkylammonium cation on the structure of the metal-organic frameworks based on ZnII and 2,5-furandicarboxylate
摘要
The influence of the nature of an organic cation (dimethylammonium (Me2NH2+), diethylammonium (Et2NH2+), and tetramethylammonium (Me4N+)) on the structure of the metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) was studied. The presence of organic dimethyl- or diethylammonium cations, which can act as proton donors in hydrogen bonding, in the Zn2+—fdc2−—DMF system (fdc2− is 2,5-furandicarboxylate) results in the formation of MOFs [Me2NH2]2[Zn3(fdc)4]•2DMF(1) and [Et2NH2]2[Zn3(fdc)4]•2DMF•2H2O (2), which have similar crystal structures of the anionic type and crystallize in the same space group P21/c. By contrast, the organic cation Me4N+, which does not contain potential hydrogen-bond donors, promotes the distortion of the framework structure and the formation of a new three-dimensional (3D) anionic MOF [Me4N]2[Zn3(fdc)4]•DMF•0.5H2O (3) crystallizing in the space group P21/n. Compounds 2 and 3 were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, powder X-ray diffraction analysis, elemental analysis, thermogravimetry, and IR spectroscopy.