Solid State Sciences 7 (2005) 1096–1103

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Metal-organic frameworks based on iron oxide octahedral chains

connected by benzenedicarboxylate dianions
Tabatha R. Whitfield, Xiqu Wang ∗ , Lumei Liu, Allan J. Jacobson ∗
Department of Chemistry and Center for Materials Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5003, USA
Received 12 December 2004; accepted 25 March 2005
Available online 15 June 2005

Abstract
Three new iron benzenedicarboxylates have been synthesized by solvothermal techniques, and their structures determined from single
crystal X-ray data: Fe(OH)(BDC)(py)0.85 (1), Fe(BDC)(DMF) (2), and Fe(BDC)(py)0.42 (DMF)0.25 (3) (BDC = 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate,
py = pyridine, DMF = N ,N -dimethylformamide). Compounds 1 and 2 are the Fe(III)- and Fe(II)-structural analogs of the known Cr ben-
zenedicarboxylate compound (MIL-53). Both contain trans corner-sharing FeO6 octahedral chains connected by benzenedicarboxylate
dianions. Compound 3 contains chains of iron oxygen octahedra that share both corners and edges. Each chain is linked by BDC to six
other chains to form a three-dimensional framework. Crystal data: 1, space group I 2/a, a = 6.889(2), b = 11.073(3), c = 18.280(6) Å,
β = 92.6(1)◦ ; 2, space group P n21 a, a = 19.422(2), b = 7.3022(5), c = 8.8468(7) Å; 3, space group P 21 /n, a = 9.234(2), b = 17.243(3),
c = 9.978(2) Å, β = 93.9(1)◦ .
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1. Introduction carboxylate (BDC) anions to form a framework with an

array of channels. The first examples of the group were
Nanoporous hybrid inorganic/organic crystalline materi- reported for the metals vanadium [12,13], chromium [14]
als have attracted increasing interest due to their rich struc- and aluminum [16] by Férey and coworkers. The frame-
tural chemistry and tunable physical properties [1–8]. These work composition is MOH·BDC for M = V3+ , Cr3+ , Al3+
hybrid frameworks, sometimes referred to as MOFs, can of- and MO·BDC for M = V4+ . In the trivalent metal struc-
ten be considered as expanded versions of typical inorganic tures, the OH occupies the shared position between adjacent
structures where organic components act as linkers to con- octahedra along the chain. As synthesized, the compounds
nect inorganic clusters, chains or layers. A particularly well contain guest BDC molecules inside the channels that can
studied bridging organic component is the dianion of 1,4- be removed by heating. Once the channels are empty, other
benzenedicarboxylic acid and many compounds with very species may be intercalated. The structure is flexible so that
high porosity and variable pore sizes have been synthesized on intercalation and deintercalation it expands and contracts
by using this ligand to connect together transition metal ox- to accommodate the specific guest molecule. This effect re-
ide clusters [9–11]. ferred to by Férey and coworkers as “framework breathing”
Recently, a group of hybrid compounds based on trans has been studied in some detail. The porous frameworks
corner-sharing octahedral MO6 chains were reported have good thermal stability (up to 500 ◦ C) and can absorb
[12–17]. The metal oxide chains in these compounds are small molecules such as hydrogen [15–17].
parallel to each other and are cross-linked by 1,4-benzenedi- In our studies of this class of MOFs, we have reported
an example in which 28% vanadium(III) is substituted
* Corresponding authors. Tel.: +1 713 7432785; Fax: +1 713 7432787. by iron(III) [18]. Synthesis of the iron(III) phase is chal-
E-mail addresses: [email protected] (X. Wang), lenging because of the difficulty of avoiding the forma-
[email protected] (A.J. Jacobson). tion of iron oxide and/or reduction to Fe2+ . Here we re-
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port the synthesis and structures of three new iron BDC 2.4. Synthesis of Fe(BDC)(py)0.42 (DMF)0.25 (3)
compounds Fe(OH)(BDC)(py)0.85 (1), Fe(BDC)(DMF) (2),
and Fe(BDC)(Py)0.42 (DMF)0.25 (3) (py = pyridine, DMF = In a typical synthesis of 3, a mixture of FeOOH (Aldrich,
N ,N -dimethylformamide). Compound 1 is the Fe3+ analog 0.088 g, 1 mmol), H2 BDC (Aldrich, 0.170 g, 1 mmol),
of the V3+ , Cr3+ , Al3+ compounds previously reported by pyridine (Aldrich, 0.5 ml) and DMF (EM Science, 10 ml)
Férey et al., 2 is to our knowledge the first example of a was sealed in a Parr autoclave with a 23 ml Teflon liner
M 2+ analog where the bridging species along the chain is in air, and heated at 180 ◦ C for 2 d. The autoclave was
neutral, and 3 is a more complex structure in which pyridine then cooled to room temperature in air over ∼ 4 h. Brown
molecules are also coordinated to iron atoms. polyhedral crystals of 3 were recovered together with unre-
acted FeOOH. The yield was ∼ 20% based on iron. EDX
analysis: found Fe 21.1%, calculated 20.59%. Infrared spec-
2. Experimental section trum (cm−1 ): 434(w), 448(w), 524(s), 630(m), 688(m),
702(s), 749(vs), 810(m), 827(m), 849(m), 881(w), 1017(m),
2.1. Materials and methods 1072(w), 1109(w), 1150(w), 1219(w), 1260(w), 1325(m),
1364(vs), 1392(s), 1406(s), 1448(m), 1506(m), 1560(s),
All starting materials were reagent grade and were used 1602(vs), 1670(s), 2991(w), 3067(w), 3260(w), 3448(br).
as purchased. The synthesis products were examined with a
polarizing optical microscope and a JEOL-JSM6400 scan- 2.5. X-ray crystallography
ning electron microscope with a Link Analytical EXL spec-
trometer for EDX analysis. Infrared spectra were collected For crystal structure determination, single crystal X-ray
with a Galaxy FTIR 5000 spectrometer using the KBr pellet diffraction data were measured on a SMART platform dif-
method. fractometer equipped with a 1 K CCD area detector us-
ing graphite-monochromatized MoKα radiation at 293 K.
2.2. Synthesis of Fe(OH)(BDC)(py)0.85 (1) A hemisphere of data (1271 frames at 5 cm detector dis-
tance) was collected for each phase using a narrow-frame
In a typical synthesis of 1, a mixture of Fe(NO3 )3 ·9H2 O method with scan widths of 0.30◦ in ω and an exposure
(Alfa, 0.404 g, 1 mmol), H2 BDC (Aldrich, 0.170 g, 1 mmol), time of 30–50 s/frame. The first 50 frames were remea-
H2 O2 (Aldrich, 0.25 ml), pyridine (Aldrich, 0.5 ml) and sured at the end of data collection to monitor instrument and
DMF (EM Science, 10 ml) was sealed in a Parr autoclave crystal stability. The data were integrated using the Siemens
with a 23 ml Teflon liner in air. The mixture was subse- SAINT program, with the intensities corrected for Lorentz
quently heated to 180 ◦ C at a rate of 1 ◦ C/min and allowed factor, polarization, air absorption, and absorption due to
to react for 2 d. The autoclave was then cooled to 30 ◦ C variation in the path length through the detector faceplate
at a rate of 0.5 ◦ C/min. The final product was filtered and [19]. Absorption corrections were made using the program
washed with DMF. Yellow needles of compound 1 were SADABS [20]. The structures were solved and refined using
present as a minor phase (∼ 5%). The major phase in the SHELXTL [21]. The hydrogen atoms were refined with geo-
product was an amorphous orange powder. Extensive inter- metrical constraints. The R values for 1 are slightly higher
growth between the tiny needles and the impurities makes it than normal because of the small crystal size. The thermal
extremely difficult to manually separate them. EDX analysis parameters for atoms of the pyridine guest molecules in 1 are
gave the Fe content of 19.1% consistent with the calculated relatively large because of the fractional occupancy. Crystal-
value of 18.24% from the formula derived from crystal struc- lographic and refinement details are summarized in Table 1.
ture refinements. Refined atomic coordinates are listed in Tables 2–4.

2.3. Synthesis of Fe(BDC)(DMF) (2)

3. Results and discussion
Compound 2 was similarly synthesized from a mixture
of FeOOH (Aldrich, 0.088 g, 1 mmol), H2 BDC (Aldrich, 3.1. Synthesis and characterization
0.170 g, 1 mmol), and DMF (EM Science, 10 ml). The mix-
ture was sealed in a Parr autoclave with a 23 ml Teflon liner All three new compounds were synthesized in the form
in air, and heated at 180 ◦ C for 2 d. The autoclave was then of single crystals suitable for detailed structure studies. De-
cooled to room temperature in air over ∼ 4 h. The final spite many variations in the synthesis conditions, however,
product was filtered and washed with DMF. Orange poly- all three phases were obtained as minor phases with low
hedral crystals of 2 were recovered together with unreacted yield. Because of the ease of hydrolysis of Fe(III) ions, water
FeOOH. The yield was ∼ 15% based on iron. EDX analy- was removed from the reactants in order to try to optimize
sis: found Fe 20.2%, calculated: 19.06%. Infrared spectrum the synthesis of compound 1. Approaches such as drying
(cm−1 ): 540(s), 750(s), 815(m), 886(w), 1017(m), 1113(w), the DMF solvent with molecular sieves, replacing H2 O2
1152(m), 1386(vs), 1504(s), 1567(vs), 3192(br), 3340(br). with metal peroxides and substitution of Fe(NO3 )3 ·9H2 O
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Table 1
Crystal data and structure refinement details
1 2 3
Formula C12.25 H9.25 FeN0.85 O5 C11 H11 FeNO5 C10.85 H7.85 FeN0.67 O4.25
F.W. 304.21 293.06 271.46
Temperature / K 293(2) 293(2) 293(2)
Space group I 2/a P n21 a P 21 /n
a/Å 6.889(2) 19.422(2) 9.234(2)
b/Å 11.073(3) 7.3022(5) 17.243(3)
c/Å 18.280(6) 8.8468(7) 9.978(2)
β/◦ 92.6(1) 90 93.9(1)
V / Å3 1392.9(7) 1254.7(2) 1584.9(5)
Crystal size / mm3 0.10 × 0.02 × 0.02 0.42 × 0.36 × 0.26 0.16 × 0.12 × 0.09
Refl. collected / unique 3661 / 1580 7422 / 2793 9454 / 3600
Rint 0.1886 0.0439 0.0343
Data / parameters 1580 / 96 2793 / 152 3600 / 241
Goodness-of-fit 0.941 1.057 1.070
R1 / wR2(I > 2σ (I )) 0.0856 / 0.1456 0.0350 / 0.1038 0.0440 / 0.1159
R1 / wR2 (all data) 0.2188 / 0.1852 0.0530 / 0.1141 0.0572 / 0.1221





R1 = ||Fo | − |Fc ||/ |Fo |, wR2 = [ (w(Fo2 − Fc2 )2 )/ (wFo2 )2 ]1/2 .

Table 2
Atomic coordinates (×104 ) and equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2 ×103 ) for Fe(OH)(BDC)(py)0.85 (1)
x y z U eq
Fe(1) 0 0 0 15(1)
O(1) 7500 818(7) 0 23(2)
O(2) 1103(7) 1260(5) 712(3) 26(1)
O(3) −675(7) −1006(5) 888(3) 27(1)
C(1) 2596(11) 1946(8) 1815(4) 33(2)
C(2) 4262(11) 2157(9) 2252(5) 45(3)
C(3) 2650(12) 1340(7) 1085(4) 29(2)
C(4) 825(11) 2295(9) 2085(5) 46(3)
C(5) 7500 5870(40) 0 340(60)
C(6) 7890(60) 5140(20) −594(16) 260(20)
C(7) 7980(40) 3880(20) −535(14) 156(11)
N(1) 7500 3242(17) 0 143(13)
U eq is defined as one third of the trace of the orthogonalized Uij tensor.

Table 3
Atomic coordinates (×104 ) and equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2 ×103 ) for Fe(BDC)(DMF) (2)
x y z U eq
Fe(1) 5001(1) 4693(6) 4999(1) 18(1)
O(1) 5845(2) 5669(4) 6162(5) 33(1)
O(2) 4179(2) 3721(4) 3757(5) 34(1)
O(3) 4252(2) 5654(4) 6518(5) 34(1)
O(4) 5734(2) 3707(4) 3454(5) 35(1)
O(5) 5047(1) 2160(10) 6400(2) 28(1)
C(1) 6112(1) 7158(12) 6376(3) 24(1)
C(2) 6861(1) 7233(8) 6872(2) 27(1)
C(3) 7204(2) 8881(7) 7100(6) 50(2)
C(4) 7889(2) 8880(8) 7554(6) 45(2)
C(5) 8231(1) 7232(9) 7781(2) 27(1)
C(6) 7888(2) 5583(8) 7553(7) 48(2)
C(7) 7203(2) 5584(7) 7098(7) 45(2)
C(8) 3979(1) 7144(11) 6709(3) 26(1)
C(9) 4760(2) 2187(15) 7670(3) 38(1)
C(10) 5812(2) 2279(16) 9021(5) 82(2)
C(11) 4713(3) 2072(15) 10415(5) 83(2)
N(1) 5065(1) 2267(15) 8958(3) 40(1)
U eq is defined as one third of the trace of the orthogonalized Uij tensor.
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Table 4
Atomic coordinates (×104 ) and equivalent isotropic displacement parameters (Å2 ×103 ) for Fe(BDC)(py)0.42 (DMF)0.25 (3)
x y z U eq
Fe(1) 8741(1) 236(1) 1059(1) 16(1)
Fe(2) 5000 0 0 19(1)
O(1) 10999(2) 437(1) 743(2) 20(1)
O(2) 8095(2) 1226(1) 56(2) 23(1)
O(3) 13392(2) 505(1) 1196(2) 25(1)
O(4) 5704(2) 1107(1) −489(2) 24(1)
O(5) 6571(2) −39(1) 1697(2) 20(1)
O(6) 8025(3) 657(1) 3047(2) 27(1)
C(1) 6885(3) 274(2) 2839(3) 19(1)
C(2) 5893(3) 137(2) 3952(3) 19(1)
C(3) 4791(4) −410(2) 3801(3) 22(1)
C(4) 6111(4) 545(2) 5163(3) 22(1)
C(5) 6895(3) 1452(2) −498(3) 19(1)
C(6) 6906(4) 2212(2) −1249(3) 22(1)
C(7) 8051(4) 2730(2) −1032(4) 37(1)
C(8) 8080(4) 3412(2) −1767(4) 36(1)
C(9) 5761(4) 2408(2) −2159(4) 26(1)
C(10) 12133(3) 728(2) 1360(3) 17(1)
C(11) 6973(3) 3585(2) −2729(3) 20(1)
C(12) 5785(4) 3091(2) −2897(3) 24(1)
N(1P) 9195(6) −868(2) 2156(4) 35(2)
C(1P) 10144(5) −878(3) 3299(5) 45(2)
C(2P) 10390(6) −1566(3) 4007(5) 68(3)
C(3P) 9687(7) −2242(3) 3571(6) 70(3)
C(4P) 8738(7) −2231(3) 2429(6) 62(2)
C(5P) 8492(6) −1544(3) 1721(5) 53(3)
O(1D) 9572(11) −754(6) 2117(10) 27(2)
N(1D) 9223(13) −1950(7) 2715(12) 49(3)
C(1D) 8782(17) −1401(9) 2031(14) 34(3)
C(2D) 10360(30) −1936(14) 3710(20) 78(7)
C(3D) 8445(19) −2686(10) 2422(18) 68(5)
U eq is defined as one third of the trace of the orthogonalized Uij tensor.

by FeOOH, FeCl3 or Fe2 (SO4 )3 did not improve the yield. Al(III) MIL-53 compounds (Fig. 1). In 1, the iron oxygen
Experiments with various reactant ratios were carried out, octahedron is slightly compressed with an axial Fe–O bond
but no satisfactory high yield synthesis has yet been devel- length of 1.946(5) Å and equatorial Fe–O bond lengths of
oped for any of the three new compounds. Nevertheless, the 2.031(5)–2.041(5) Å. The axial oxygen atoms are shared
compounds can be obtained reproducibly and represent an by neighboring octahedra to form a zigzag . . .OH–Fe–OH–
extension of this interesting class of structures. Fe–. . . backbone with a Fe–OH–Fe angle of 124.5(4)◦ . The
The IR spectrum of 2 exhibits characteristic bands of equatorial oxygen atoms are shared with the dicarboxylate
BDC at 1567 cm−1 for the antisymmetric stretching vi- anions that cross-link the octahedral chains into a 3D frame-
brations and at 1386 cm−1 for the symmetric ones of the work. The framework may be considered as a laterally ex-
carboxyl groups. Their separation of 181 cm−1 is in the panded ReO3 structure. Bond valence sums calculated for
usual range for bridging carboxyl groups [22]. The band at the Fe and the axial oxygen atoms are 3.10 and 1.25 v.u.,
1504 cm−1 is typical for DMF with the oxygen atom coor-
in agreement with their assignment as Fe(III) and OH ions,
dinated to a metal atom. The IR spectrum of compound 3
respectively [23]. The rhomb-shaped channels of the frame-
shows highly complicated features due to the random sub-
work are filled by pyridine molecules. Neighboring pyridine
stitution of coordinated DMF for pyridine. The bands in the
molecules are parallel to each other but have opposite ori-
ranges 1602–1560 and 1406–1364 cm−1 may be attributed
to the bridging and chelating carboxyl groups. The band at entations. Each pyridine molecule is hydrogen bonded to
1506 cm−1 is in the typical range for coordinating DMF. The an OH group of the octahedral chain with the N· · ·O dis-
band at 630 cm−1 is characteristic for coordinating pyridine tance of 2.68(2) Å. The N· · ·C axis of the pyridine ring
ligands (in-plane ring deformation) [22]. is perpendicular to the octahedral chains (Fig. 1(a)). The
angle between the pyridine ring and the octahedral chain
3.2. Crystal structure of 1 is 73◦ . The orientation of the pyridine ring is probably a
result of a compromise between geometric requirements of
The 3-dimensional framework of 1 is closely similar to the N· · ·H–O hydrogen bonds and π –π interactions between
those of the previously reported V(III) MIL-47, and Cr(III), neighboring pyridine rings (ring· · ·ring distance: 3.27 Å)
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(a)

(b)

Fig. 1. (a) The octahedral chain and the pyridine molecules in 1. The dashed lines represent hydrogen bonds. (b) A projection of the structure of 1 along [100].

[24]. Crystal structure refinements indicate that the pyridine calculated for the Fe atom is 2.12 v.u., consistent with Fe(II).
sites are not fully occupied. The refined occupancy corre- The axial oxygen atom is shared by two octahedra and a
sponds to 0.85(2) pyridine molecule per Fe atom. The in- DMF molecule (Fig. 2(a)). The planar DMF molecule is per-
complete occupancy may be a consequence of pyridine loss pendicular to the octahedral chain (Fig. 2(b)). The Fe–O–Fe
on exposure to atmosphere or it may be due to defects (miss- angle in the octahedral chain of 2 is 111.5(1)◦ , consider-
ing pyridine molecules) that are needed to match the pyri- ably smaller than the corresponding angle 124.5(4)◦ in 1.
dine lattice repeat to that of the Fe–OH–Fe chain. The Fe· · ·Fe distance in 2 (3.651(1) Å), however, is longer
than in 1 (3.444(1) Å) because of the long axial Fe–O bonds
3.3. Crystal structure of 2 in the former.
A significant difference between the frameworks of 2 and
Compound 2 has a structure related to that of compound 1 1 is in the opening of the rhombus-shaped channels. The
(Fig. 2). In contrast to the compressed FeO6 octahedra in 1, acute angle of the rhombus outlined by the octahedral chains
the iron oxygen octahedra in 2 are elongated with the axial is a measure of the opening of the channels. This angle is
Fe–O bond lengths of 2.188(6)–2.228(6) Å and equatorial 54.4◦ in 2, compared with 69.3◦ in 1 because of the larger
bond lengths of 2.062(4)–2.103(4) Å. The bond valence sum channel opening in the latter. Table 5 lists the correspond-
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(a)

(b)

Fig. 2. (a) The octahedral chain in 2. (b) A projection of the structure of 2 along [010].

ing angles in the Cr(III) and Al(III) phases with the MIL-53 octahedral chains. The other atoms of DMF in 2 have van
structures [15,17]. The calcined phases with empty channels der Waals interactions or extremely weak C–H· · ·O hydro-
have the largest channel openings. When the channels are gen bond interactions with the framework [25].
filled by guest species, the channel opening decreases be-
cause of the interactions between the frameworks and the 3.4. Crystal structure of 3
guest molecules. In the case of the hydrated phases, hy-
drogen bonds between water molecules inside the channels Compound 3 has a new 3-dimensional structure (Fig. 3).
and oxygen atoms of the framework BDC are responsible There are two different Fe sites. The Fe1 octahedron has five
for the large change in the channel openings. The channel oxygen atom corners shared with BDC, two of which are
opening of compound 1 is comparable to the Cr(III) phase chelating and the other three bridging. The sixth corner is
with absorbed DMF guest molecules that are not covalently either a nitrogen atom from a pyridine molecule or an oxy-
bonded to the framework, probably because of the similar gen atom from a DMF molecule. The Fe2 octahedron has six
sizes of the DMF and pyridine guest molecules and sim- oxygen atom corners all shared with BDC and all are bridg-
ilar hydrogen bonds between the guest molecules and the ing. The Fe–O bond lengths are in the range of 2.046(2)–
octahedral chains. The channel opening of compound 2 is 2.254(2) Å and the Fe–N bond length is 2.222(3) Å. Bond
between those of 1 and the hydrated phases. The oxygen valence sums calculated for Fe1 and Fe2 are 1.94 and 2.07
atom of DMF in 2 is directly bonded to the Fe atoms of the v.u., respectively, consistent with Fe2+ . Two Fe1 octahedra
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Table 5
The acute angle of the rhombus-shaped channel sections and guest molecules in different phases with the MIL-53 framework topology
Framework cation Cr(III) [15] Al(III) [17] Fe(III) Fe(II)
As synthesized 78.0◦ / BDC 78.7◦ / BDC 69.3◦ / pyridine 54.4◦ / DMF
Calcined 83.9◦ /– 83.4◦ / –
Absorption of DMF 71.3◦ / DMF
Absorption of water 48.3◦ / H2 O 47.4◦ / H2 O

(a)

(b)

Fig. 3. (a) The octahedral chain in 3. The DMF molecules substituting for pyridine are marked by dashed lines. (b) A projection of the structure of 3 along [100].
The DMF are omitted.

share a common edge to form a dimer with an inversion cen- DMF molecules (Fig. 3). The pyridine/DMF ratio was re-
ter. The dimers are alternatively connected by the Fe2 octa- fined to 0.42/0.25(1) from the single crystal X-ray data.
hedra to form 1-dimensional chains (Fig. 3(a)). Each Fe2 oc-
tahedron shares two trans corners with two Fe1 dimers. Each
octahedral chain is cross-linked to six other chains by BDC 4. Conclusions
to form the 3-dimensional structure (Fig. 3(b)). The pyridine
molecules are oriented to point into the triangular channels The Fe(III) analog (1) of the M(OH)·BDC, M =V, Cr,
of the framework structure, and are partially substituted by Al phases (MIL-47 and MIL-53) has been synthesized in
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single crystal form. As synthesized, the channels in 1 are Acknowledgements

filled by pyridine molecules instead of H2 BDC molecules
that are found in the channels of all other as-synthesized We thank the National Science Foundation (DMR-
MIL-47 and MIL-53 phases. The pyridine molecules are 0120463), the R.A. Welch Foundation for financial support.
oriented so that the rings are perpendicular to the chan- This work made use of Shared Experimental Facilities of the
nel and are weakly hydrogen bonded to the bridging hy- Center for Materials Chemistry (CMC-UH) at the University
droxyl ions. The Fe(II) analog FeDMF·BDC(2) that has of Houston.
been obtained also in single crystal form, is the first di-
valent metal example of this structure type. In 2, the oxy-
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