Benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid ligands

Chart 1 Thioether and thiol derivatized bridging benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid ligands for MOF synthesis leaving pendant S-donor groups... 

In terms of organic ligands, much of the recent focus has been on connectivity through oxygen atoms of carboxylic acid groups, and there has been a recent review of this field by Rao and colleagues.12 Rigid dicarboxylic acids, such as benzene-1,4-dicarboxy lie acid, have proved very versatile, as have the simple but more flexible aliphatic systems, such as succinic and... 

Benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid (H2bdc) is one of the most commonly utilized ligands in MOF chemistry, being the linker ligand for MOF-5. Deprotonated carboxylic acids or carboxylates are hard donors and are... 

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