US 11,952,391 B2
Intricate mixed-linker structures
Hao Jiang, Thuwal (SA); and Mohamed Eddaoudi, Thuwal (SA)
Assigned to KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Thuwal (SA)
Appl. No. 17/251,387
Filed by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal (SA)
PCT Filed Jun. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/054881
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 11, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/239330, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/860,197, filed on Jun. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/683,278, filed on Jun. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0106334 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. G16C 20/10 (2019.01); C07F 5/00 (2006.01); G16C 20/50 (2019.01); B01J 20/22 (2006.01)
CPC C07F 5/003 (2013.01) [B01D 2253/204 (2013.01); B01D 2253/302 (2013.01); B01J 20/226 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of synthesizing an intricate mixed-linker structure, comprising:
(a) selecting a merged-net to target in the synthesis of the intricate mixed-linker structure, and a first edge-transitive net and second edge-transitive net capable of combining to afford the targeted merged-net, wherein the first and second edge-transitive nets share a common signature net;
(b) determining a connectivity and geometrical configuration of each node of the merged-net, wherein the nodes of the merged-net comprise a merged node and unmerged nodes, wherein the unmerged nodes include a first unmerged node and second unmerged node;
(c) selecting a MBB with the same connectivity and geometrical configuration as the merged node and having two sets of points of extension, wherein each set of points of extension is capable of linking to distinct MBBs;
(d) selecting a first MBB with the same connectivity and geometrical configuration as the first unmerged node;
(e) inputting the length of the selected first MBB into a merged-net equation to calculate the appropriate length of a complementary MBB;
(f) selecting a second MBB with the same connectivity and geometrical configuration as the second unmerged node, and the same length as the complementary MBB; and
(g) reacting precursors of the MBB, first MBB, and second MBB to synthesize an intricate mixed-linker structure with the targeted merged-net.
 
17. An intricate mixed-linker structure, comprising: a metal-organic framework with a merged-net topology, the metal-organic framework comprising a molecular building block (MBB) having a first point of extension and second point of extension, wherein the first point of extension is coordinated to a first MBB and the second point of extension is coordinated to a second MBB, wherein the first MBB and second MBB are different.