Metal-organic frameworks based upon non-zeotype 4-connected topology

In order to further design and successfully prepare for the functional metal-organic framework materials, it is essential to understand the fundamental correlations between the composition, physical properties and topology of the underlying nets. In this review, we focus on recent advances in metal-organic frameworks (MOFS) that possess more common non-zeotype 4-connected topological nets (such as sql, hag, nbo, lvt, cds, qtz, dia, ion, pts, etc.), and discuss the synthetic strategies of non-zeotype 4-connected MOFs and their related properties. In particular, we emphasize how to establish basic design principles and synthetic methodology to construct the same topological MOFs with different functions using specifically designed organic linkers. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.