In methanol-aqueous solutions, three novel structure-directing agents (SDAs) were generated in situ and presented. These in situ reactions feature N-methylation transformations between CH3OH solvent and organic cyclic aliphatic and aromatic amines, i.e. 2-methylpiperazine, 1,4-diazabicyclo[2,2,2]octane (dabco) and 3-(aminomethyl)pyridine. Distinct from conventional Eschweiler-Clarke methylation...

A new approach for the fine tuning of flexibility in MOFs, involving functionalization of the secondary building unit, is presented. The "gate pressure" MOF [Zn3(bpydc)2(HCOO)2] was used as a model material and SBU functionalization was performed by using monocarboxylic acids such as acetic, benzoic or cinnamic acids instead of formic acid in the synthesis. The resulting materials are isomorpho...

Neuronal-growth-inhibitory factor (GIF) is a metalloprotein specific to the central nervous system which has been linked to Alzheimer's disease. The high metal content, approximately seven metal atoms/protein molecule, and 70% sequence identity to mammalian metallothioneins (MT), including a preserved array of 20 cysteinyl residues, place GIF in the family of MT. In contrast to MT, native GIF i...

The crystal structures of two zincophosphate networks prepared in the presence of 1,5-diaminopentane (dap) are described. In Zn3(PO4)2(C5H14N2)2·3H2O (1) the dap forms Zn–N coordinate bonds to generate an unusual three-dimensional “hybrid” framework constructed from ZnO3N, ZnO2N2 and PO4 tetrahedra with three different types of elongated channels occupied by water molecules. In C5H16N2·Zn3(PO4)...

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Zn3(HCO2)3(C9H3O6)(C3H7NO)3] n , contains one Zn ion, one formate ligand, one N,N-di-methyl-formamide (DMF) ligand and one-third of a benzene-1,3,5-tri-carboxyl-ate (btc) ligand situated on a crystallographic 3 axis. Each Zn(II) atom is coordinated by one O atom from a DMF ligand, two O atoms from two btc ligands and three O atoms from three formate l...