Confinement of Cd(II) by 2,2′ -Bipyridyl: Control of Structural Transformations and Porosity in Perfluorinated Biphenyldicarboxylate MOFs

Key Points

• The study aims to explore how confining cadmium(II) with bipyridyl ligands can control structural and porosity changes in metal-organic frameworks.
• Synthesize cadmium(II) complexes with bipyridyl and perfluorinated carboxylates.
• Analyze coordination environments and their impact on structural transformations.
• Evaluate porosity of the resulting metal-organic frameworks.
• Confinement of cadmium(II) led to enhanced stability of the coordination complex.
• The structural transformations were significantly influenced by the choice of ligand.
• Porosity of the metal-organic frameworks was controllably modified by varying ligand conditions.