<i>In Situ</i> Investigation of Multicomponent MOF Crystallization during Rapid Continuous Flow Synthesis
Brandon He, Lauren K. Macreadie, James Gardiner, Shane G. Telfer, Matthew R. Hill
Abstract
WAXS was undertaken to gain an understanding of the formation mechanisms at play during flow synthesis. Key differences were found between the ternary UMCM-1 and the quaternary MUF-7, and key details about how the MOFs form were then uncovered. Counterintuitively, despite consisting of just two ligands UMCM-1 proceeds via MOF-5, whereas MUF-7 consists of three ligands but is generated directly from the reaction mixture. By taking advantage of the scalable high-quality materials produced, C6 separations were achieved in breakthrough settings.
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