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Metal-Cation-Directed <i>de Novo</i> Assembly of a Functionalized Guest Molecule in the Nanospace of a Metal–Organic Framework
In this work, a new strategy is developed
to encapsulate a metal-functionalized
guest molecule into a metal–organic framework (MOF) via metal-cation-directed <i>de novo</i> assembly from the component fragments of the guest
molecule. This strategy, as illustrated in proof-of-principle studies
on the <i>de novo</i> assembly of metalÂ(II) phthalocyanine
molecules into bio‑MOF‑1, can circumvent some drawbacks
of existing approaches for encapsulating guest molecules into MOFs,
such as inaccessibility for larger guest molecules due to limitations
of the MOF window size and disruption of the MOF framework structure
by functionalized guest molecules. Overall, this work provides a general
yet versatile approach for encapsulating a broader range of metal-functionalized
guest molecules into MOFs for various applications