{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Sensharma D"],"funding":["European Research Council"],"pagination":["5472-5480"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9469729"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["22(9)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Hybrid ultramicroporous materials (HUMs) are porous coordination networks composed of combinations of organic and inorganic linker ligands with a pore diameter of <7 Å. Despite their benchmark gas sorption selectivity for several industrially relevant gas separations and their inherent modularity, the structural and compositional diversity of HUMs remains underexplored. In this contribution, we report a family of six HUMs (<b>SIFSIX-22-Zn</b>, <b>TIFSIX-6-Zn</b>, <b>SNFSIX-2-Zn</b>, <b>GEFSIX-4-Zn</b>, <b>ZRFSIX-3-Zn</b>, and <b>TAFSEVEN-1-Zn</b>) based on Zn metal centers and the tetratopic N-donor organic ligand tetra(4-pyridyl)benzene (<b>tepb</b>). The incorporation of fluorinated inorganic pillars (SiF<sub>6</sub> <sup>2-</sup>, TiF<sub>6</sub> <sup>2-</sup>, SnF<sub>6</sub> <sup>2-</sup>, GeF<sub>6</sub> <sup>2-</sup>, ZrF<sub>6</sub> <sup>2-</sup>, and TaF<sub>7</sub> <sup>2-</sup>, respectively) resulted in (4,6)-connected <b>fsc</b> topology as verified using single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Pure-component gas sorption studies with N<sub>2</sub>, CO<sub>2</sub>, C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub>, C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>, and C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub> revealed that the large voids and narrow pore windows common to all six HUMs can be leveraged to afford high C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub> uptakes while retaining high ideal adsorbed solution theory (IAST) selectivities for industrially relevant gas mixtures: >10 for 1:99 C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub>/C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub> and >5 for 1:1 C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub>/CO<sub>2</sub>. The approach taken, systematic variation of pillars with retention of structure, enables differences in selectivity to be attributed directly to the choice of the inorganic pillar. This study introduces <b>fsc</b> topology HUMs as a modular platform that is amenable to fine-tuning of structure and properties."],"journal":["Crystal growth & design"],"pubmed_title":["Pillar Modularity in <b>fsc</b> Topology Hybrid Ultramicroporous Materials Based upon Tetra(4-pyridyl)benzene."],"pmcid":["PMC9469729"],"funding_grant_id":["885695"],"pubmed_authors":["O'Hearn DJ","Wilson BH","Kumar N","Sensharma D","Zaworotko MJ"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Pillar Modularity in <b>fsc</b> Topology Hybrid Ultramicroporous Materials Based upon Tetra(4-pyridyl)benzene.","description":"Hybrid ultramicroporous materials (HUMs) are porous coordination networks composed of combinations of organic and inorganic linker ligands with a pore diameter of <7 Å. Despite their benchmark gas sorption selectivity for several industrially relevant gas separations and their inherent modularity, the structural and compositional diversity of HUMs remains underexplored. In this contribution, we report a family of six HUMs (<b>SIFSIX-22-Zn</b>, <b>TIFSIX-6-Zn</b>, <b>SNFSIX-2-Zn</b>, <b>GEFSIX-4-Zn</b>, <b>ZRFSIX-3-Zn</b>, and <b>TAFSEVEN-1-Zn</b>) based on Zn metal centers and the tetratopic N-donor organic ligand tetra(4-pyridyl)benzene (<b>tepb</b>). The incorporation of fluorinated inorganic pillars (SiF<sub>6</sub> <sup>2-</sup>, TiF<sub>6</sub> <sup>2-</sup>, SnF<sub>6</sub> <sup>2-</sup>, GeF<sub>6</sub> <sup>2-</sup>, ZrF<sub>6</sub> <sup>2-</sup>, and TaF<sub>7</sub> <sup>2-</sup>, respectively) resulted in (4,6)-connected <b>fsc</b> topology as verified using single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Pure-component gas sorption studies with N<sub>2</sub>, CO<sub>2</sub>, C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub>, C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>, and C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub> revealed that the large voids and narrow pore windows common to all six HUMs can be leveraged to afford high C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub> uptakes while retaining high ideal adsorbed solution theory (IAST) selectivities for industrially relevant gas mixtures: >10 for 1:99 C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub>/C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub> and >5 for 1:1 C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>2</sub>/CO<sub>2</sub>. The approach taken, systematic variation of pillars with retention of structure, enables differences in selectivity to be attributed directly to the choice of the inorganic pillar. This study introduces <b>fsc</b> topology HUMs as a modular platform that is amenable to fine-tuning of structure and properties.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Sep","modification":"2025-04-18T22:21:46.864Z","creation":"2024-11-15T16:04:15.51Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9469729","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36120703"],"doi":["10.1021/acs.cgd.2c00561"]}}