Title
Synthesis and small molecule exchange studies of a magnesium bisformate metal-organic framework: An experiment in host-guest chemistry for the undergraduate laboratory
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of Chemical Education
Publication Date
3-12-2013
Abstract
Experiments are described that introduce students to the important concepts of host-guest chemistry and size exclusion in porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The experiment has been successfully carried out in both introductory and advanced-level inorganic chemistry laboratories. Students synthesized the porous MOF, α-Mg3(O2CH)6, and examined its ability to take up a variety of small organic molecules into its pores using 1H NMR spectroscopy. The MOF exhibited size exclusion and students rationalized this behavior based on the structures of the organic molecules and the pore size of the MOF. © 2012 The American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc.
Volume
90
Issue
3
First Page
379
Last Page
382
DOI
10.1021/ed3000099
ISSN
00219584
Recommended Citation
Rood, Jeffrey A. and Henderson, Kenneth W., "Synthesis and small molecule exchange studies of a magnesium bisformate metal-organic framework: An experiment in host-guest chemistry for the undergraduate laboratory" (2013). Faculty Publications. 1208.
https://jayscholar.etown.edu/facpubharvest/1208
