Paper: Azulene Based Metal–Organic Frameworks for Strong Adsorption of H2
Authors: S. Barman, H. Furukawa, O. Blacque, K. Venkatesan, O. M. Yaghi, and H. Berke
Citation: Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 7981-7983
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02589E
Abstract: Two Zn MOFs, MOF-645 and MOF-646, comprised of polarized 1,3-azulenedicarboxylate were synthesized. The guest free MOF-646 showed strong MOF-H2 interactions (7.8–6.8 kJ mol−1), which revealed the significant impact of internally polarized azulene backbone to stabilized H2 molecules in the framework.