Nanoscale MnII‐Coordination Polymers for Cell Imaging and Heterogeneous Catalysis

A mixed ligand approach was exploited to synthesize a new series of Mn^II‐based coordination polymers (CPs), namely, CP1 {[Mn(μ‐dpa)(μ‐4,4′‐bp)]?MeOH}_∞, CP2 {[Mn₃(μ‐dpa)₃(2,2′‐bp)₂]}_∞, CP3 {[Mn₃(μ‐dpa)₃(1,10‐phen)₂]?2 H₂O}_∞, CP4 {[Mn(μ‐dpa)(μ‐4,4′‐bpe)_1.5]?H₂O}_∞, CP5 {[Mn₂(μ‐dpa)₂(μ‐4,4′‐bpe)₂]? DEF}_∞, and CP6 {[Mn(μ‐dpa)(μ‐4,4′‐bpe)_1.5]? DMA}_∞ (dpa=3,5‐dicarboxyphenyl azide, 2,2′‐bp=2,2′‐bipyridine, 1,10‐phen=1,10‐phenanthroline, 4,4′‐bpe=1,2‐bis(4‐pyridyl)ethylene, 4,4′‐bp=4,4′‐bipyridine, DEF=N,N‐diethylformamide, DMA=N,N‐dimethylacetamide), to develop multifunctional CPs. Various techniques, such as single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction (SXRD), FTIR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and thermogravimetric analysis, were employed to fully characterize these CPs. The majority of the CPs displayed a four‐connected sql topology, whereas CP4 and CP6 exhibited a two‐dimensional SnS network architecture, which was further entangled in a polycatenation mode. Compound CP1 displayed an open framework structure. The CPs were scaled down to the nanoregime in a ball mill for cell imaging studies. Whereas CP2 and CP4 were employed for cell imaging with RAW264.7 cells, CP1 was exploited for both cell imaging and heterogeneous catalysis in a cyanosilylation reaction.     

Achieving a Rare Breathing Behavior in a Polycatenated 2 D to 3 D Net through a Pillar‐Ligand Extension Strategy

Through a pillar‐ligand extension strategy, a rare breathing behavior in polycatenated 2D→3D nets has been achieved. Three variants exhibit interesting sorption properties that range from non‐breathing to breathing behaviors, which is influenced by the angles between the pillars and the single honeycomb layers. The increase in pillar length does not lead to an increase in polycatenation multiplicity, which is controlled by the length of intralayer tripodal carboxylate. It also does not induce obviously expanded interlayer separations but occupies much more the free voids, and as a consequence, a smaller pore volume is obtained. This suggests that in 2D→3D polycatenated bilayer metal–organic frameworks, the porosity is not always enhanced by increasing the length of the interlayer pillars with the intralayer linker remaining unchanged.     

Solvent-controlled structural variation from 1D+2D→3D network with coexistence of polycatenation and polythreading to the 2D→3D polythreaded array

This article represents two types of entanglements, [Co₂(bibp)(BTB)₂][Co(bibp)₂(H₂O)₂] (1) and [Co₃(bibp)₂(H₂O)₂(BTB)₂]·2H₂O·2DMF (2) (bibp = 4,4′-bis(1-imidazolyl)biphenyl and H₃BTB = 1,3,5-tris(4-carboxyphenyl)benzene), which are 2-D→3-D polycatenated frameworks formed by parallel catenation of 1-D+2-D→2-D polythreaded motifs based on the double-layered sheet penetrated by ribbons of rings (1) and a 2-D→3-D mutual polythreading of three double-layered sheets with dangling arms (2), which is assembled by the same initial materials by simply changing the volume ratio of water/DMF medium.     

Polycatenation‐Driven Self‐Assembly of Nanoporous Frameworks Based on a 1D Ribbon of Rings: Regular Structural Evolution,Interpenetration Transformation,and Photochemical Modification

A series of nanoporous frameworks constructed by a polycatenated isoreticular 1D ribbon of rings have been developed. The orientation of catenated ribbons can be fine tuned by varying counter anions, which allows both pore size and shape to be systematically adjusted in a pre‐synthetic process. Distinct from conventional pore construction modes in which the organic linkers are alternately connected by metal nodes into a 3D periodic arrangement, the present polycatenation approach represents an alternative for constructing soft porous materials with tunable pore metrics and functions. Furthermore, these porous structures can interconvert into each other based on an anion‐exchange process, accompanied by the transformation of the interpenetrating structures in different dimensional networks, which is unusual in porous frameworks. In addition, such a porous framework can be post‐synthetically modified by a photoinduced [2+2] cycloaddition reaction, which not only achieves the surface modification (from conjugated to non‐conjugated inner surface), but also triggers the structural transformation from low dimension to high dimension. Such a post‐modification process reinforces the pore architecture through a covalent locking effect and has a great impact on the adsorption properties.