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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2025

A Metal-Organic Polyhedron-to-Coordination Polymer Transition Revealed by 3D Electron Diffraction.

Matthew P Snelgrove, Beatriz Doñagueda Suso, Calum S Sangster, Khadija Asif, Emma Regincós Martí, David J Ashworth, Jeremiah P Tidey, José R B Gomes, Miguel Jorge, Alan R Kennedy and 3 more

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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13 authors.

Matthew P SnelgroveDepartment of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1RX, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2665-9084
Beatriz Doñagueda SusoDepartment of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1RX, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9626-3387
Calum S SangsterEaStCHEM School of Chemistry and Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6721-4398
Khadija AsifDepartment of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XJ, UK.
Emma Regincós MartíDepartment of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1RX, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5814-7596
David J AshworthDepartment of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XJ, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7897-2702
Jeremiah P TideyDepartment of Physics, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5934-0454
José R B GomesDepartment of Chemistry, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5993-1385
Miguel JorgeDepartment of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XJ, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3009-4725
Alan R KennedyDepartment of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1RX, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3652-6015
Simon ParsonsEaStCHEM School of Chemistry and Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7708-5597
Ashleigh J FletcherDepartment of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XJ, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3915-8887
Gavin A CraigDepartment of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1RX, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3542-4850

Funding

EPSRC EP/X014444/1EPSRC EP/X014606/1EPSRC EP/Y528833/1FCT/MCTES LA/P/0006/2020FCT/MCTES UIDB/50011/2020FCT/MCTES UIDP/50011/2020Higher Education Funding Council for England H13054Leverhulme Trust RPG-2021-176Leverhulme Trust RPG-2022-004Leverhulme Trust RPG-2022-173
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Porous metal-organic polyhedra (MOPs) have strong covalent and coordinate bonds that define the intrinsic pore of the cage. The intermolecular interactions between cages tend to be weaker, such that they rearrange during the solvent exchange process preceding gas sorption measurements. The reduction in crystal size that this often causes limits the availability of structural data that could enable understanding of observed gas uptake. Herein, we use 3D electron diffraction (ED) to resolve this problem, and apply this technique to a MOP-based material that shows cooperative gas capture. 3D ED structure solution reveals both that the MOPs rearrange to form porous 1D polymers, and that these polymers are retained in the activated phase. Molecular simulations using these data suggest gas uptake is facilitated by rotation of functional groups appended to the backbone of the polymers in conjunction with structural expansion as gas is accommodated. Mechanical downsizing of the material leads to the loss of cooperative gas uptake, but a level of porosity is retained, attributed to the conservation of the 1D polymer structure. This work underscores the potential of 3D ED for probing structural transformations in functional supramolecular materials.

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3D Electron diffractionMetal‐organic polyhedraMolecular simulationPorous materialsSupramolecular chemistry

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PMID40913456
PMCPMC12535363

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