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Reversible breaking and forming of Metal-Ligand coordination bonds: Temperature-Triggered Single-Crystal to Single-Crystal transformation in a Metal-Organic framework
Date
2009-05Registration in:
Bernini, Maria Celeste; Gandara, Felipe; Iglesias, Marta; Snejko, Natalia; Gutierrez Puebla, Enrique; et al.; Reversible breaking and forming of Metal-Ligand coordination bonds: Temperature-Triggered Single-Crystal to Single-Crystal transformation in a Metal-Organic framework; Wiley VCH Verlag; Chemistry- A European Journal; 15; 19; 5-2009; 4896-4905
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Author
Bernini, Maria Celeste
Gandara, Felipe
Iglesias, Marta
Snejko, Natalia
Gutierrez Puebla, Enrique
Brusau, Elena Virginia
Narda, Griselda Edith
Monge, M. Angeles
Abstract
[Yb(C4H4O4)15] undergoes a temperature-triggered single-crystal to single-crystal transformation. Thermal X-ray single-crystal studies showed a reversibly orchestrated rearrangement of the atoms generated by the breaking/formation of coordination bonds, in which the stoichiometry of the compound remains unchanged. The transformation occurs on heating the crystal at «130 °C. This uncommon behavior was also studied by thermal methods, FTIR spectroscopy, and thermodiffrac-tometry. Both polymorphs, a (room-temperature form) and b (high-temperature form), are proven to be active heterogeneous catalysts; the higher catalytic activity of b is owed to a decrease in the Yb coordination number. A mechanism based on spectroscopic evidence and involving formation of the active species Yb-O-OH is proposed for the sulfide oxidation.