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Room Temperature Synthesis of Cu-BTC Coordination Polymer and Metal-Organic Framework by pH Control

18 March 2021, Version 1

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Abstract

Synthesis of crystalline materials is crucial in the field of

coordination chemistry. In the present work, the reaction

between the copper and benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid

(BTC) ligand is controlled by adjusting the pH of the

reaction mixture to synthesize two crystalline structures:

metal-organic framework HKUST-1 and one-dimensional

coordination polymer Cu(BTC).3H₂O. Single crystals of both

structures are studied by multi-laser Raman spectroscopy.

It is found that both crystals exhibit photoluminescence.

Also, the transformation of HKUST-1 into Cu(BTC).3H₂O is

demonstrated. This work provides impetus for researchers

to synthesize large metal-organic crystals.

Keywords

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)

coordination polymer

pH control method

photoluminescence characteristics

crystal growth ability

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DOI

10.26434/chemrxiv.14229254.v1

Funding

P30431-N36

GACR) project 19-15217S

Author’s competing interest statement

No conflicts to declare

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