Construction of a trigonal bipyramidal cage-based metal-organic framework with hydrophilic pore surface via flexible tetrapodal ligands

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Nov 28;46(44):8439-41. doi: 10.1039/c0cc02496a. Epub 2010 Oct 1.

Abstract

A pcu network can be ordered through trigonal bipyramidal nanocages as secondary building blocks, which have the striking feature of hydrophilic affinity to the polar molecules and π-π interactions for aromatic molecules.