Biomass-derived rctt-3, 4-di-2-furanyl-1, 2-cyclobutanedicarboxylic acid: a polytopic ligand for synthesizing green metal-organic materials. Issue 1 (21st January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shahni, Rahul K.; Amjaour, Houssein; Krupinsky, Briana; Reagen, Sarah; Wang, Zijun D.; Wu, Xu; Nkemngong, Dominic; Zhao, Julia X.; Ugrinov, Angel; Robertson, Joseph; Chu, Qianli Rick
• Is Part Of: Journal of coordination chemistry. Volume 74:Issue 1/3(2021)
• Page Start: 226
• Page End: 240
• Publication Date: 2021-01-21
• Subjects: Furfural -- bioadvantaged chemical -- cyclobutane -- diacid -- chelating ligand; Coordination compounds -- Periodicals; 541.2242
• DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2021.1878500
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0095-8972

Abstract

Abstract: Biomass is an abundant and environmentally friendly source for materials that can be used in a multitude of applications in the effort to replace petrochemicals. Furfural and malonic acid are biomass-sourced platforms that can be utilized in the synthesis of biobased compounds; rctt -3, 4-di-2-furanyl-1, 2-cyclobutanedicarboxylic acid (CBDA-2) is one such compound. In this study, CBDA-2 has been introduced into metal-organic materials chemistry as a semi-rigid polytopic ligand. This compound has been utilized as a polytopic ligand in the formation of two different 2D coordination polymers with Cu 2+ and Co 2+ as the metal centers via a conventional solution method. Both complexes have been characterized by X-ray crystal structure determination and showed visual thermochromic behaviors. This study demonstrates that CBDA-2 is a promising green building block in coordination chemistry. Graphical Abstract: