posted on 2010-10-18, 00:00authored byDemin Liu, Zhigang Xie, Liqing Ma, Wenbin Lin
Two three-dimensional metal−organic frameworks (MOFs) with tetraphenylmethane-derived tetracarboxylate linkers and copper paddle-wheel secondary building units were synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray crystallographic studies. The two MOFs show a similar 4,4-connectivity but very different homocrossing and interpenetrating PtS network topologies and exhibit permanent porosity as probed by gas adsorption and dye inclusion experiments.