Temperature dependent CO₂ behavior in microporous 1-D channels of a metal-organic framework with multiple interaction sites.

ABSTRACT: The MOF with the encapsulated CO₂ molecule shows that the CO₂ molecule is ligated to the unsaturated Cu(II) sites in the cage using its Lewis basic oxygen atom via an angular η¹-(O_A) coordination mode and also interacts with Lewis basic nitrogen atoms of the tetrazole ligands using its Lewis acidic carbon atom. Temperature dependent structure analyses indicate the simultaneous weakening of both interactions as temperature increases. Infrared spectroscopy of the MOF confirmed that the CO₂ interaction with the framework is temperature dependent. The strength of the interaction is correlated to the separation of the two bending peaks of the bound CO₂ rather than the frequency shift of the asymmetric stretching peak from that of

SUBMITTER: Kim D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5269755 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature