Patent ID: 7196210
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: B01J,C07F,F17C,Y02C

Abstract:
1. An isoreticular metal-organic framework (IRMOF), comprising: a plurality of secondary building units (SBUs), each of the plurality of SBUs comprising an M a compound linking adjacent SBUs, the linking compound comprising a linear ditopic carboxylate having at least one substituted phenyl group and at least one functional group X attached to the at least one substituted phenyl group; wherein the IRMOF has a substantially permanent porosity and is substantially stable; wherein the functional group X is at least one of hydrogen, amines, halides, an R group selected from at least one of linear, substituted or cyclo alkanes alkenes, alkynes, chains, and ether O—R, wherein R is at least one of linear, substituted or cyclo alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, chains, and mixtures thereof, and M is a metal cation.