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Thiophene Dicarboxylates as Linkers in the Synthesis of Metal Organic Framework Materials

Christopher M. MacNeill, Cynthia S. Day, Sergio A. Gamboa, Ronald E. Noftle, and Abdessadek Lachgar. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

The creation of new porous inorganic-organic hybrid materials having potential gas adsorption properties is of major importance in materials chemistry. Four new metal organic frameworks built from lanthanide metal ions (Y, La, Eu, and Gd ) linked with organic dicarboxylate ligands (2, 5-thiophenedicarboxylate) have been synthesized using either solvothermal or reflux methods. The compounds were structurally characterized by single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction. They crystallize either in orthorhombic or monoclinic symmetry and have either 2D or 3D hydrogen-bonded frameworks. Thermal stability of these compounds was investigated by a combination of thermogravimetric analysis, PXRD and IR. The compounds lose all their guest solvent molecules between 300-400oC and their frameworks are maintained up to 400oC.