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  • Title: Observation of an Intermediate to H2 Binding in a Metal-Organic Framework.
    Author: Barnett BR, Evans HA, Su GM, Jiang HZH, Chakraborty R, Banyeretse D, Hartman TJ, Martinez MB, Trump BA, Tarver JD, Dods MN, Funke LM, Börgel J, Reimer JA, Drisdell WS, Hurst KE, Gennett T, FitzGerald SA, Brown CM, Head-Gordon M, Long JR.
    Journal: J Am Chem Soc; 2021 Sep 15; 143(36):14884-14894. PubMed ID: 34463495.
    Abstract:
    Coordinatively unsaturated metal sites within certain zeolites and metal-organic frameworks can strongly adsorb a wide array of substrates. While many classical examples involve electron-poor metal cations that interact with adsorbates largely through physical interactions, unsaturated electron-rich metal centers housed within porous frameworks can often chemisorb guests amenable to redox activity or covalent bond formation. Despite the promise that materials bearing such sites hold in addressing myriad challenges in gas separations and storage, very few studies have directly interrogated mechanisms of chemisorption at open metal sites within porous frameworks. Here, we show that nondissociative chemisorption of H2 at the trigonal pyramidal Cu+ sites in the metal-organic framework CuI-MFU-4l occurs via the intermediacy of a metastable physisorbed precursor species. In situ powder neutron diffraction experiments enable crystallographic characterization of this intermediate, the first time that this has been accomplished for any material. Evidence for a precursor intermediate is also afforded from temperature-programmed desorption and density functional theory calculations. The activation barrier separating the precursor species from the chemisorbed state is shown to correlate with a change in the Cu+ coordination environment that enhances π-backbonding with H2. Ultimately, these findings demonstrate that adsorption at framework metal sites does not always follow a concerted pathway and underscore the importance of probing kinetics in the design of next-generation adsorbents.
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