Direct Crystallographic Observation Of Co2 Captured In Zig Zag Channels Of A Copper(I) Metal-Organic Framework

Single crystal X-ray diffraction has been used to study the CO2 absorption sites in a microporous Cu-MOF, [Cu-2(py-pzpypz)(2)(mu-CN)(2)](n) (1) (where py-pzpypz = 4-(4pyridy1)-2,5-dipyrazyl-pyridine), which features zigzag-shaped channels, at a range of CO2 pressures (1, 5, and 10 bar) and at two temperatures (240 and 298 K). Unlike the acetonitrile molecules in the as-synthesized MOF, 1 center dot MeCN, the CO2 molecules in 1 center dot nCO(2) (n = 0.8, 0.7, 0.45) are preferentially centered on the vertices of each zig and zag, which allows for weak (azine) C-H center dot center dot center dot OCO interactions with the H atoms on the electron-deficient pyrazine and pyridine rings of the MOF.