MOF-645

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.