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Computationally-guided synthetic control over pore size in isostructural porous organic cages

Computationally-guided synthetic control over pore size in isostructural porous organic cages
Computationally-guided synthetic control over pore size in isostructural porous organic cages
The physical properties of 3-D porous solids are defined by their molecular geometry. Hence, precise control of pore size, pore shape, and pore connectivity are needed to tailor them for specific applications. However, for porous molecular crystals, the modification of pore size by adding pore-blocking groups can also affect crystal packing in an unpredictable way. This precludes strategies adopted for isoreticular metal-organic frameworks, where addition of a small group, such as a methyl group, does not affect the basic framework topology. Here, we narrow the pore size of cage molecule, CC3, in a systematic way by introducing methyl groups into the cage windows. Computational crystal structure prediction was used to anticipate the packing preferences of two homochiral methylated cages, CC14-R and CC15-R, and to assess the structure–energy landscape of a CC15-R binary co-crystal, designed such that both component cages could be directed to pack with a 3-D, interconnected pore structure. The experimental gas sorption properties of these three cage systems agree well with physical properties predicted by computational energy–structure–function maps.
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Slater, A.G.
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Little, M.A.
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Holden, D.L.
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Chen, L.
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Chong, S.Y.
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Clowes, R.
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Haranczyk, M.
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Hasell, T.
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Day, G.M.
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Slater, A.G., Reiss, P.S., Pulido, A., Little, M.A., Holden, D.L., Chen, L., Chong, S.Y., Alston, B.M., Clowes, R., Haranczyk, M., Briggs, M.E., Hasell, T., Day, G.M. and Cooper, A.I. (2017) Computationally-guided synthetic control over pore size in isostructural porous organic cages. ACS Central Science. (doi:10.1021/acscentsci.7b00145).

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Abstract

The physical properties of 3-D porous solids are defined by their molecular geometry. Hence, precise control of pore size, pore shape, and pore connectivity are needed to tailor them for specific applications. However, for porous molecular crystals, the modification of pore size by adding pore-blocking groups can also affect crystal packing in an unpredictable way. This precludes strategies adopted for isoreticular metal-organic frameworks, where addition of a small group, such as a methyl group, does not affect the basic framework topology. Here, we narrow the pore size of cage molecule, CC3, in a systematic way by introducing methyl groups into the cage windows. Computational crystal structure prediction was used to anticipate the packing preferences of two homochiral methylated cages, CC14-R and CC15-R, and to assess the structure–energy landscape of a CC15-R binary co-crystal, designed such that both component cages could be directed to pack with a 3-D, interconnected pore structure. The experimental gas sorption properties of these three cage systems agree well with physical properties predicted by computational energy–structure–function maps.

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Accepted/In Press date: 5 June 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 20 June 2017
Organisations: Computational Systems Chemistry

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Local EPrints ID: 411629
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/411629
ISSN: 2374-7951
PURE UUID: eaf6f5f2-c842-4400-8a2a-0b1fa8345f08
ORCID for A. Pulido: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7596-7262
ORCID for G.M. Day: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8396-2771

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Date deposited: 21 Jun 2017 16:31
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 05:25

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Author: A.G. Slater
Author: P.S. Reiss
Author: A. Pulido ORCID iD
Author: M.A. Little
Author: D.L. Holden
Author: L. Chen
Author: S.Y. Chong
Author: B.M. Alston
Author: R. Clowes
Author: M. Haranczyk
Author: M.E. Briggs
Author: T. Hasell
Author: G.M. Day ORCID iD
Author: A.I. Cooper

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