Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Retrosynthesis of multi-component metal−organic frameworks

  • Shuai Yuan,
  • Jun-Sheng Qin,
  • Jialuo Li,
  • Lan Huang,
  • Liang Feng,
  • Yu Fang,
  • Christina Lollar,
  • Jiandong Pang,
  • Liangliang Zhang,
  • Di Sun,
  • Ali Alsalme,
  • Tahir Cagin,
  • Hong-Cai Zhou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03102-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The crystal engineering of metal–organic frameworks has led to the construction of complex structures, but has yet to reach the same level of sophistication as organic synthesis. Here, Zhou and colleagues use retrosynthetic chemistry to design and produce complex multi-component frameworks.