Giant pores in a chromium 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate open-framework structure with MIL-101 topology.

Large, larger, ... Replacement of 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate by 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate in the MIL-101 structure leads to an isoreticular mesoporous framework containing cages with diameters of 39 and 46 A. High-throughput methods are employed to determine appropriate reaction conditions. The microcrystalline compound is characterized by molecular simulation techniques, powder X-ray diffraction, N(2)-sorption, and TEM investigations.