Electrochemically Mediated Syntheses of Titanium(III)-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks.

ABSTRACT: Although metal-organic frameworks featuring coordinatively unsaturated transition metal sites are relatively common, examples with redox-active cations are rare. In this report, we describe the electrochemically mediated synthesis of Ti^III-MIL-101 from the inexpensive Ti⁴⁺ precursor TiCl₄. The framework obtained via electrosynthesis is identical to that prepared from the significantly more expensive and air-sensitive starting material TiCl₃. The above electrosynthetic strategy was also extended to prepare Ti^III-MIL-100 and two high-quality extended Ti^III-MIL structures, for the first time. These materials represent examples of titanium-based MOFs with extended pore structures. Several physical methods demonstrate that these

SUBMITTER: Antonio AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6743718 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature