Ion‐ and Liquid‐Assisted Grinding: Improved Mechanochemical Synthesis of Metal–Organic Frameworks Reveals Salt Inclusion and Anion Templating

Abstract

Just a pinch of salt: Small amounts of salts accelerate and direct the mechanochemical construction of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) from a metal oxide (see scheme; ILAG= ion- and liquid-assisted grinding). The resulting rapid and room-temperature synthesis demonstrates the ability to control mechanosynthesis of metal–organic compounds by templating, as well as the ability to use mechanochemistry to include ionic guests within neutral MOFs. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.