A supramolecular porous material comprising Fe(ii) mesocates.
Benjamin H WilsonHayley S ScottOmid T QazviniShane G TelferCorine MathonièreRodolphe CléracPaul E KrugerPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2018)
The dinuclear mesocate [Fe2L3](BF4)4, 1, is a supramolecular building block for a microporous material. Structural analysis reveals that extensive noncovalent interactions in the solid state generate a 3D framework with microporous channels. These channels are permanently accessible to incoming guest molecules and adsorption isotherms demonstrate that the material has a high selectivity for CO2 over N2.