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Cooperative Carbon Dioxide Adsorption in Alcoholamine- and Alkoxyalkylamine-Functionalized Metal-Organic Frameworks.
A series of structurally diverse alcoholamine- and alkoxyalkylamine-functionalized variants of the metal-organic framework Mg2 (dobpdc) are shown to adsorb CO2 selectively via cooperative chain-forming mechanisms. Solid-state NMR spectra and optimized structures obtained from van der Waals-corrected density functional theory calculations indicate that the adsorption profiles can be attributed to the formation of carbamic acid or ammonium carbamate chains that are stabilized by hydrogen bonding interactions within the framework pores. These findings significantly expand the scope of chemical functionalities that can be utilized to design cooperative CO2 adsorbents, providing further means of optimizing these powerful materials for energy-efficient CO2 separations
Elucidating CO2 Chemisorption in Diamine-Appended MetalāOrganic Frameworks
The widespread deployment of carbon capture and sequestration as a climate change mitigation strategy could be facilitated by the development of more energy-efficient adsorbents. Diamine-appended metalāorganic frameworks of the type diamineāM2(dobpdc) (M = Mg, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn; dobpdc4ā = 4,4ā²-dioxidobiphenyl-3,3ā²-dicarboxylate) have shown promise for carbon capture applications, although questions remain regarding the molecular mechanisms of CO2 uptake in these materials. Here, we leverage the crystallinity and tunability of this class of frameworks to perform a comprehensive study of CO2 chemisorption. Using multinuclear nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy experiments and van der Waals-corrected density functional theory (DFT) calculations for thirteen diamineāM2(dobpdc) variants, we demonstrate that the canonical CO2 chemisorption productsāammonium carbamate chains and carbamic acid pairsācan be readily distinguished, and that ammonium carbamate chain formation dominates for diamineāMg2(dobpdc) materials. In addition, we elucidate a new chemisorption mechanism in the material dmpn Mg2(dobpdc) (dmpn = 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-diaminopropane), which involves formation of a 1:1 mixture of ammonium carbamate and carbamic acid and accounts for the unusual adsorption properties of this material. Finally, we show that the presence of water plays an important role in directing the mechanisms for CO2 uptake in diamineāM2(dobpdc) materials. Overall, our combined NMR and DFT approach enables a thorough depiction and understanding of CO2 adsorption within diamineāM2(dobpdc) compounds, which may aid similar studies in other amine-functionalized adsorbents in the future
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Enantioselective Recognition of Ammonium Carbamates in a Chiral MetalāOrganic Framework
Chiral
metalāorganic frameworks have attracted interest
for enantioselective separations and catalysis because of their high
crystallinity and pores with tunable shapes, sizes, and chemical environments.
Chiral frameworks of the type M<sub>2</sub>(dobpdc) (M = Mg, Mn, Fe,
Co, Ni, Zn; dobpdc<sup>4ā</sup> = 4,4ā²-dioxidobiphenyl-3,3ā²-dicarboxylate)
seem particularly promising for potential applications because of
their excellent stability, high internal surface areas, and strongly
polarizing open metal coordination sites within the channels, but
to date these materials have been isolated only in racemic form. Here,
we demonstrate that when appended with the chiral diamine <i>trans</i>-1,2-diaminocyclohexane (dach), Mg<sub>2</sub>(dobpdc)
adsorbs carbon dioxide cooperatively to form ammonium carbamate chains,
and the thermodynamics of CO<sub>2</sub> capture are strongly influenced
by enantioselective interactions within the chiral pores of the framework.
We further show that it is possible to access both enantiomers of
Mg<sub>2</sub>(dobpdc) with high enantiopurity (ā„90%) via framework
synthesis in the presence of varying quantities of d-panthenol,
an inexpensive chiral induction agent. Investigation of dachāM<sub>2</sub>(dobpdc) samples following CO<sub>2</sub> adsorptionīøusing
single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction, solid-state nuclear magnetic
resonance spectroscopy, and density functional theory calculationsīørevealed
that the ammonium carbamate chains interact extensively with each
other and with the chiral M<sub>2</sub>(dobpdc) pore walls. Subtle
differences in the non-covalent interactions accessible in each diastereomeric
phase dramatically impact the thermodynamics of CO<sub>2</sub> adsorption
Enantioselective Recognition of Ammonium Carbamates in a Chiral MetalāOrganic Framework
Chiral
metalāorganic frameworks have attracted interest
for enantioselective separations and catalysis because of their high
crystallinity and pores with tunable shapes, sizes, and chemical environments.
Chiral frameworks of the type M<sub>2</sub>(dobpdc) (M = Mg, Mn, Fe,
Co, Ni, Zn; dobpdc<sup>4ā</sup> = 4,4ā²-dioxidobiphenyl-3,3ā²-dicarboxylate)
seem particularly promising for potential applications because of
their excellent stability, high internal surface areas, and strongly
polarizing open metal coordination sites within the channels, but
to date these materials have been isolated only in racemic form. Here,
we demonstrate that when appended with the chiral diamine <i>trans</i>-1,2-diaminocyclohexane (dach), Mg<sub>2</sub>(dobpdc)
adsorbs carbon dioxide cooperatively to form ammonium carbamate chains,
and the thermodynamics of CO<sub>2</sub> capture are strongly influenced
by enantioselective interactions within the chiral pores of the framework.
We further show that it is possible to access both enantiomers of
Mg<sub>2</sub>(dobpdc) with high enantiopurity (ā„90%) via framework
synthesis in the presence of varying quantities of d-panthenol,
an inexpensive chiral induction agent. Investigation of dachāM<sub>2</sub>(dobpdc) samples following CO<sub>2</sub> adsorptionīøusing
single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction, solid-state nuclear magnetic
resonance spectroscopy, and density functional theory calculationsīørevealed
that the ammonium carbamate chains interact extensively with each
other and with the chiral M<sub>2</sub>(dobpdc) pore walls. Subtle
differences in the non-covalent interactions accessible in each diastereomeric
phase dramatically impact the thermodynamics of CO<sub>2</sub> adsorption