The synthesis of metal-organic frameworks has attracted considerable interest due to their potential applications as functional materials in catalysis; 1,2 gas sorption, storage, and separation; 3,4 molecular magnetism5 and recognition; 6 and nonlinear optics. 7 While the synthesis of fascinating self-assembly metal-organic coordination polymers occurs via bridging ligand and also through weak noncovalent interactions, such as π − π stacking or hydrogen bonding, 8−20 the construction of metal-organic compounds mainly depends on the nature of the organic ligands and metal ions. |
