A Cationic Metal-Organic Framework Consisting of Nanoscale Cages: Capture, Separation, and Luminescent Probing of Cr2O72- through a Single-Crystal to Single-Crystal Process
A Cationic Metal-Organic Framework Consisting of Nanoscale Cages: Capture, Separation, and Luminescent Probing of Cr2O72- through a Single-Crystal to Single-Crystal Process
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由纳米级笼组成的阳离子金属有机框架:通过单晶到单晶过程捕获、分离和发光探测 Cr2O72-
DOI:
10.1002/anie.201307650
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发表时间:
2013-12-16
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Wang, Ruihu
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作者:
Li, Xinxiong;Xu, Hongyan;Wang, Ruihu
With the development of modern industry, heavy-metal contamination has become a more and more severe problem. Among common heavy-metal pollutants, hexavalent chromium [CrVI] has been a focus of concern because it causes serious damage to human health and the environment.[1] CrVI has been widely used in the field of chromium plating, metallurgy, pigment manufacturing, leather tanning, and wood preservation.[2] The capture and separation of CrVI from industrial waste water is extremely important. Although adsorbents,[3] resins,[4] and membranes [5] have been introduced to remove CrVI and other pollutants, their inherent drawbacks, such as poor selectivity and slow process kinetics, limit their further development and application. Therefore, the exploration of new materials for the efficient capture and separation of CrVI is highly important. As an emerging class of porous materials, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have recently attracted considerable attention owing to their high surface area, uniform pore size, controllable structures, and readily tailorable functions.[6] Cationic MOFs are an appealing subclass and can be constructed by using neutral nitrogen-containing organic ligands and metal ions. The charge-balancing anions usually occupy the framework voids and are sometimes just weakly coordinated or even uncoordinated to the metal centers, potentially allowing the capture and separation of anions through anion exchange. Recently, a few cationic MOFs have been used for exchange and removal of heavy-metal pollutant anions, such as ReO4 À, CrO4 2À, and TcO4 À,[7] but there has been no report of Cr2O7 2À anion exchange in MOFs despite the powerful carcinogenicity and extensive application of this species. Herein, we report an unprecedented 3D cationic MOF consisting of nanoscale cages composed of [Ag2-(btr) 2]· 2 ClO4· 3 H2O (ABT· 2ClO4;(btr= 4, 4’-bis (1, 2, 4-triazole)), which shows fast exchange, high trapping capacity, and good selectivity for the capture and separation of Cr2O7 2À in water. Interestingly, the exchange of Cr2O7 2À inABT· 2 ClO4 was performed through a single-crystal to single-crystal (SC–SC) process. Colorless crystals of ABT· 2ClO4 were obtained by slow evaporation of a solution of AgClO4 and btr in water and acetonitrile. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that ABT· 2ClO4 crystallizes in the cubic space group Fd" 3c. As shown in Figure 1, two independent AgI ions adopt a distorted