Experimental confirmation of a predicted porous hydrogen-bonded organic framework
Experimental confirmation of a predicted porous hydrogen-bonded organic framework
Hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs) with low densities and high porosities are rare and challenging to design because most molecules have a strong energetic preference for close packing. Crystal structure prediction (CSP) can rank the crystal packings available to an organic molecule based on their relative lattice energies. This has become a powerful tool for the a priori design of porous molecular crystals. Previously, we combined CSP with structure-property predictions to generate energy–structure–function (ESF) maps for a series of triptycene-based molecules with quinoxaline groups. From these ESF maps, triptycene trisquinoxalinedione (TH5) was predicted to form a previously unknown low-energy HOF (TH5-A) with a remarkably low density of 0.374 g cm-3 and three-dimensional (3-D) pores. Here, we demonstrate the reliability of those ESF maps by discovering this TH5-A polymorph experimentally. This material has a high accessible surface area of 3,284 m2 g-1, as measured by nitrogen adsorption, making it one of the most porous HOFs reported to date.
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6 April 2023
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Shields, Caitlin E., Wang, Xue, Fellowes, Thomas, Clowes, Rob, Chen, Linjiang, Day, Graeme M., Slater, Anna G., Ward, John W., Little, Marc A. and Cooper, Andrew I.
(2023)
Experimental confirmation of a predicted porous hydrogen-bonded organic framework.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, [e2023031].
(doi:10.1002/anie.202303167 SECTIONS).
Abstract
Hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs) with low densities and high porosities are rare and challenging to design because most molecules have a strong energetic preference for close packing. Crystal structure prediction (CSP) can rank the crystal packings available to an organic molecule based on their relative lattice energies. This has become a powerful tool for the a priori design of porous molecular crystals. Previously, we combined CSP with structure-property predictions to generate energy–structure–function (ESF) maps for a series of triptycene-based molecules with quinoxaline groups. From these ESF maps, triptycene trisquinoxalinedione (TH5) was predicted to form a previously unknown low-energy HOF (TH5-A) with a remarkably low density of 0.374 g cm-3 and three-dimensional (3-D) pores. Here, we demonstrate the reliability of those ESF maps by discovering this TH5-A polymorph experimentally. This material has a high accessible surface area of 3,284 m2 g-1, as measured by nitrogen adsorption, making it one of the most porous HOFs reported to date.
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Accepted/In Press date: 4 April 2023
e-pub ahead of print date: 6 April 2023
Published date: 6 April 2023
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Grant Number: EP/V026887/1
Leverhulme Trust. Grant Number: Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design Royal Society. Grant Numbers: 201168, Research Professorship
H2020 European Research Council. Grant Number: 856405.
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ISSN: 1433-7851
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Caitlin E. Shields
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Xue Wang
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Thomas Fellowes
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Rob Clowes
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Linjiang Chen
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Anna G. Slater
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John W. Ward
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Marc A. Little
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Andrew I. Cooper
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