Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction of a New Metal-Organic Framework Hyunsoo Park and John B. Parise Departments of Chemistry and Geosciences SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794 ChemMatCARS NSF CHE 0087817

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Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction of a New
Metal-Organic Framework Hyunsoo Park and John B.
PariseDepartments of Chemistry and
GeosciencesSUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
11794ChemMatCARS NSF CHE 0087817
The research is aimed at the discovery of new
metal-organic hybrid frameworks which can be
potentially used as hydrogen storage materials.
We have recently characterized the crystal
structure of Zn4(C2H2N3)4(C12H4O4)22DMF4H2O
using the microcrystallography facility at the
ChemMatCARS, synchrotron x-ray facility ath the
Advanced Photon Source.
This compound is a new 3-dimensional framework.
The structure is based on the 2-D layers
consisting of 8-membered windows of Zn polyhedra
and triazole molecules. Two adjacent
Zn-triazole layers are pillared by
2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylates to create channels
along the 100 direction. Gas sorption
experiment showed the framework can store 1.11
wt. of H2 at 1 atm, 77 K.
Reference H. Park, J. F. Britten, J. Y. Lee, J.
Li, U. Müller and J. B. Parise (2006) Synthesis,
Structure Determination and Hydrogen Sorption
Studies of New Metal-Organic Frameworks using
Triazole and Naphthalenedicarboxylic Acid,
submitted to Chemistry of Materials