In Situ Generation of Functionality in a Reactive Haloalkane-Based Ligand for the Design of New Porous Coordination Polymers KanooPrakash MatsudaRyotaro SatoHiroshi LiLiangchun JeonHyung Joon KitagawaSusumu 2013 Herein, we report new porous coordination polymers (PCPs) via a facile synthetic approach called “in situ generation of functionality in the ligand”. Upon a synthetic process of PCPs, a neutral (−CH<sub>2</sub>OH) or a cationic functionality (−CH<sub>2</sub>-[4,4′-bipyridine]<sup>+</sup>) was generated on a isophthalate ligand from a reactive haloalkane (−CH<sub>2</sub>Br) moiety, affording two new PCPs. The PCPs have two-dimensional layered structures with large potential solvent-accessible voids for CO<sub>2</sub> adsorption.