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Functional Organic Zeolite Analogues 153<br />
In fact, the result<strong>in</strong>g complex is so “stable” that <strong>de</strong>sorption of the guest therefrom<br />
does not occur practically un<strong>de</strong>r the conditions, i. e. at 25 0 °C<br />
(Fig. 16). The solid-gas complexation, even with non-pulverized large pieces<br />
(1 ¥ 1 ¥ 1 mm) of the apohost, is relatively rapid, hav<strong>in</strong>g a typical half-life of<br />
m<strong>in</strong>utes. The rates of guest-uptake are roughly l<strong>in</strong>ear with respect to the pressure<br />
(concentration) of the guest <strong>in</strong> the gas phase. Extrapolation <strong>in</strong>to the liquid<br />
phase suggests that the solid-liquid complexation should occur <strong>in</strong>stantaneously,<br />
as observed. Guest exchange also takes place at least <strong>in</strong> some cases [51]. When<br />
immersed <strong>in</strong> methyl benzoate, s<strong>in</strong>gle crystals of adduct 29◊ 2(C 6H 5CO 2CH 2CH 3)<br />
are converted to adduct 29 ◊ 2(C 6H 5CO 2CH 3), whose XRPD is i<strong>de</strong>ntical with<br />
those of the correspond<strong>in</strong>g s<strong>in</strong>gle crystall<strong>in</strong>e sample. Curiously enough, the<br />
exchange <strong>in</strong> the reverse direction, i.e. from 29 ◊ 2(C 6H 5CO 2CH 3) to 29 ◊ 2<br />
(C 6H 5CO 2CH 2CH 3) does not occur, even though ethyl benzoate shows a higher<br />
aff<strong>in</strong>ity to the host than methyl benzoate.<br />
The characteristic guest-b<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g (removal, addition and exchange) properties<br />
observed for host 29 are also exhibited by monoresorc<strong>in</strong>ol host 32<br />
(Fig. 9) which has much more compact cavities and seem to be generally shared<br />
by other hydrogen-bon<strong>de</strong>d hosts <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g diol 47 (Fig. 13) and steroidal bile<br />
acid <strong>de</strong>rivatives [76]. Such a dynamic and cooperative nature may be an important<br />
aspect of hydrogen-bon<strong>de</strong>d flexible networks. Furthermore, as far as guest<br />
b<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g is concerned, the presence of permanent void is by no means a prerequisite<br />
of organic zeolite analogues. We will come back to this important po<strong>in</strong>t later.<br />
3.3<br />
Apohosts and Guest-B<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g Selectivities<br />
The guest-free apohosts are “unsaturated” not only with respect to the space but<br />
also <strong>in</strong> some cases to the functional moieties <strong>in</strong>volved.In the Ag I -networked host<br />
15◊AgOTf (cf. Fig. 3) hav<strong>in</strong>g a huge aromatic ligand, the metal centres are coord<strong>in</strong>atively<br />
saturated. The host shows aff<strong>in</strong>ity to aromatic guests, which may<br />
allow host-guest p-p <strong>in</strong>teractions [71].<br />
In the Zn II -networked host material 43 ◊ 2Zn II ◊ (NO 3) ◊ 0.5(H 2O) ◊ (CH 3CH 2OH)<br />
(cf. Fig. 12), on the other hand, the metal centres have vacant coord<strong>in</strong>ation sites,<br />
due to loss of volatile ethanol/water ligands. This host now shows high aff<strong>in</strong>ities<br />
to alcoholic guests, e.g. ethanol, which may readily coord<strong>in</strong>ate with the metal<br />
[58]. Other guests such as THF, methyl ethyl ketone, acetonitrile and acetone,<br />
hav<strong>in</strong>g an appropriate shape and size for <strong>in</strong>clusion, are exclu<strong>de</strong>d. This is also the<br />
case for a porous apohost 43◊ 3Co II ◊(H 2O), hav<strong>in</strong>g a 4 ¥ 5 Å channel. This host is<br />
highly specific to NH 3 hav<strong>in</strong>g lone-pair electrons aga<strong>in</strong> required for metal coord<strong>in</strong>ation<br />
[64].<br />
Apohost 2Co II ◊ 3(18) ◊ 4(NO 3) has a similar pore size (3 ¥ 6 Å) and coord<strong>in</strong>atively<br />
saturated Co II centres. Typical zeolite guests such as CH 4,O 2 and N 2 can be<br />
reversibly bound <strong>in</strong> the <strong>in</strong>ternal channels un<strong>de</strong>r high pressure conditions [72].<br />
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