TY - JOUR A1 - Mondal, Suvendu Sekhar A1 - Thomas, Arne A1 - Holdt, Hans-Jürgen T1 - In situ synthesis of amide-imidate-imidazolate ligand and formation of metal-organic frameworks: Application for gas storage JF - Microporous and mesoporous materials : zeolites, clays, carbons and related materials N2 - In this review article, we highlight the synthesis, structures and gas-sorption properties of a series of nine isostructural IFPs (IFP = Imidazolate Framework Potsdam) and two H-bonded networks. IFPs were synthesized by in situ partial hydrolysis of a 4,5-dicyanoimidazole under solvothermal conditions and hence an imidazolate-4-amide-5-imidate linker (C5H3N4O2) was generated, forming the metal -amide-imidate-imidazolateframeworks [M(C5H3N4O2)-R]. Varying R in the 2-substitued linker (R = Me, Cl, Br, Et, OMe and OEt) and metal centre (M2+ = zinc and cobalt) allowed the variation in channel diameter (4.2-03 angstrom) and a fine-tuning of the polarity and functionality of the channel walls of IFPs. Furthermore, we show that using ethyl or alkoxy substituted IFPs the flexible groups act as molecular gates for guest molecules. This allows highly selective CO2 sorption over Ny and CH4 gases. Moreover, during the synthesis of methoxy substituted IFPs (IFP-7 and -8), an imidazolate-4,5-diamide-2-olate linker (C5H4N4O3) formed in situ leads to the formation of a molecular building block (MBB) with a M-6 octahedron inscribed in a M-8 cube (M Zn2+ and Co2+). The MBBs connect by amide amide hydrogen bonds to a 3D robust supramolecular networks [Zn-14(C5H4N4O3)(12)(O) (OH)(2) (DMF)(4) denoted as 1 and 2, respectively, DMF = N,N'-dimethylformamide], which can be activated for N-2, CO2, CH4, and H-2 gas-sorption. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. KW - Flexible linker KW - Gas sorption KW - Gate-effects KW - Hydrogen-bonding KW - Solvothermal synthesis Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2015.01.049 SN - 1387-1811 SN - 1873-3093 VL - 216 SP - 2 EP - 12 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER -