A Cryptand Metal-Organic Framework as a Platform for the Selective Uptake and Detection of Group I Metal Cations.
Sergey A SapchenkoPavel A DemakovDenis G SamsonenkoDanil N DybtsevMartin SchröderVladimir Petrovich FedinPublished in: Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) (2017)
The metal-organic framework (MOF) complex (H3 O)2 [Zn4 (ur)(Hfdc)2 (fdc)4 ] (1, ur=urotropine, H2 fdc=furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid) incorporates cryptand-like cavities, which can be used to separate and detect Rb+ and Cs+ optically. This is the first example of the effective employment of a MOF material for optical detection of these cations.