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Structure of the FeBTC Metal–Organic Framework: A Model Based on the Local Environment Study
The local environment of iron in
FeBTC, a metal organic framework
commercially known as Basolite F300, is investigated combining XANES
and EXAFS studies of the iron K-edge. The building block of the FeBTC
can be described as an iron acetate moiety. Dehydration induces a
change in the coordination of the first shell while preserving the
network. We propose that the local structure around Fe atoms does
not undergo a rearrangement, thus, leading to the formation of an
open site. The analysis conveys that the FeBTC is a disordered network
of locally ordered blocks